GENEVA (AFP) – The World Health Organisation on Friday declared the killer Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of west Africa an international health emergency and appealed for global aid to help afflicted countries.

The decision after a two-day emergency session behind closed doors in Geneva means global travel restrictions may be put in place to halt its spread as the overall death toll nears 1,000.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the spread of Ebola in West Africa an international health emergency.

WHO officials said a coordinated international response was essential to stop and reverse the spread of the virus.

The announcement came after experts convened a two-day emergency meeting in Switzerland.

So far more than 930 people have died from Ebola in West Africa this year.

The United Nations health agency said the outbreak was an "extraordinary event".

"The possible consequences of further international spread are particularly serious in view of the virulence of the virus, the intensive community and health facility transmission patterns, and the weak health systems in the currently affected and most at-risk countries," it said in a statement.

More than 1,700 cases of Ebola have been reported in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

The WHO said there would be no general ban on international travel or trade.

There would likely be travel restrictions to coming to and leaving Nigeria. We are about to get ISOLATED!!!

This is stale not breaking.

It happened on Friday so what is breaking about it.

citizenisb: There would likely be travel restrictions to coming to and leaving Nigeria. We are about to get ISOLATED!!!

You want to panic your way into front page.
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You want to panic your way into front page.
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I actually bathed with a salt/warm water this morning

I walked in a bank and saw ALL the staff in gloves and masks.

This is serious.

Beaf1: I actually bathed with a salt/warm water this morning

I walked in a bank and saw ALL the staff in gloves and masks.

This is serious.

yeah, some people have started wearing gloves now especially those who attend to customers.
That's really serious!

"A coordinated international response is deemed essential to stop and reverse the international spread of Ebola," the WHO said in a statement after a two-day meeting of its emergency committee on Ebola.

The declaration of an international emergency will have the effect of raising the level of vigilance on the virus.

"The outbreak is moving faster than we can control it," the WHO's director-general Margaret Chan told reporters on a telephone briefing from the WHO's Geneva headquarters.

"The declaration ... will galvanize the attention of leaders of all countries at the top level. It cannot be done by the ministries of health alone."

The agency said that, while all states with Ebola transmission - so far Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone - should declare a national emergency, there should be no general ban on international travel or trade.

Stale news...

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