The UN’s head of Ebola response team has warned that international efforts to stop the spread of the virus are inadequate.<br /><br />Speaking on a video link Anthony Banbury told members of the 15-member Security Council that the best way to protect people globally was to stop Ebola in the countries which are worst affected.<br /><br />“I am grateful for the commitments by member states of their civilian and military personnel, of material and of money but I am deeply, deeply worried that all of this combined is not nearly enough to stop Ebola.” Banbury added:<br /><br />“The best way, the very best way to protect the people of non-infected countries is by helping the people of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to stop Ebola now where it is.”<br /><br />Latest projections from the World Health Organisation show there could be between 5,000 and 10,000 new cases a week by early December in West Africa if action isn’t taken. <br /><br />The death toll so far from the outbreak, first reported in Guinea in March, has reached 4,447 from 8
