Obama: Nations Must Do More To Battle Ebola in West Africa

The Us President, Barack Obama called the attention of the world to the Ebola Virus, on Thursday, said “hundreds of lives were at stake”

The warning arouse when the World Health Organisation gave an uncommon hint on the optimism of West Africa crisis. Announcing that the spread of the deadly disease appeared to have been calmed in Guinea.

                         

"More nations need to contribute critical assets and capabilities -- whether it's air transport, medical evacuation, health care workers, equipment or treatment," Obama told a meeting on Ebola on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.

"If unchecked, this epidemic could kill hundreds of thousands of people in the coming months."

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma told the gathering that the world has been slow to respond. Meanwhile, the president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who addressed the meeting via video, said her country's economy is being strained by the crisis.

Over a million people major mining operations are put under indefinite quarantine in Sierra Leone.

WHO said earlier this week that the infections could rise to 20,000 by November and The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that between 550,000 and 1.4 million people might be infected by January, if nothing was done.

The World Bank has pronounced that it will give an additional $170 million to support medics and healthcare systems in the region.

United States is deploying 3,000 soldiers to build treatment centres and to train local medical agencies. Other nations, including Britain, France, China and Cuba, have promised military and civilian personnel alongside cash and medical supplies.

The president further said "Stopping Ebola is a priority for the United States. We will continue to lead and do our part. But this must also be a priority for the world,".