U.N. to set up Ebola crisis center, aims to stop spread in six to nine months

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U.N. to set up Ebola crisis center, aims to stop spread in six to nine months

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-set-ebola-crisis-center-aims-stop-spread-155810791.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/abZ3JqF_NyTMWEqLG3GY8Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-09-02T085909Z_1457168255_GM1EA921B1A01_RTRMADP_3_HONGKONG-HEALTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A doctor, wearing protective gear, takes part in a drill with a dummy to demonstrate the procedures of handling a patient afflicted with the Ebola virus, in Hong Kong" align="left" title="A doctor, wearing protective gear, takes part in a drill with a dummy to demonstrate the procedures of handling a patient afflicted with the Ebola virus, in Hong Kong" border="0" /></a>By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations plans to set up an Ebola crisis center to coordinate the response to the deadly virus and to strive to halt its spread in West African countries in six to nine months, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Friday. Ban called on the international community to provide $600 million needed for supplies in West Africa, where more than 3,500 confirmed or probable cases of the hemorrhagic fever have been reported and more than 1,900 people have died since March. &quot;The goal is to stop Ebola transmission in affected countries within six to nine months, and to prevent the international spread of the virus,&quot; he said. &quot;This can be done only if the urgent and necessary mobilization is done both in the affected countries and by the international community.&quot; Countries affected by the epidemic include Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone.</p><br clear="all"/>

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