Ebola Virus: WHO Holds Emergency Meeting Over Spread In West Africa

The World Health Organization (WHO) is hosting an emergency meeting in Ghana today on the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Health officials from 11 countries are meeting in Accra to discuss how to put an end to the crisis. Over 400 people have died in what has now become the worst Ebola outbreak in history, most deaths coming from Guinea, while there are increasing number of cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Health ministers from the three affected countries will join officials from neighbouring Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea Bissau and Senegal, as well as Uganda, DRC, Gambia and hosts Ghana. According to the WHO, the number of cases had risen from 635 on 23 June to 759, a 20% increase. The body added that it has sent over 150 experts into West Africa over the last few months to try and contain the outbreak.