From The Church Times-THE scale of the suffering in West Africa should be in the forefront of people's minds when considering the Ebola virus, not the fear of a small outbreak in the UK, two C of E bishops have said.
Their words came as the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that the number of dead had reached 4447. Anthony Banbury, Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Ebola, told a special session of the UN Security Council on Tuesday that, unless more concerted action was taken against the disease, the world would "face an entirely unprecedented situation for which we do not have a plan".
The Government this week introduced a much criticised system for screening passengers returning to the UK from West Africa, at a cost of £9 million.
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http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2014/17-october/news/world/bishops-call-for-ebola-focus-to-be-on-overseas-care
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