【エボラ出血熱】大流行の国リベリアの悲惨な現実がわかる、胸をえぐられるような写真
エボラ出血熱との戦いで痛ましいニュースが飛び込んできた。10月10日、世界保健機構(WHO)はエボラ出血熱の大流行が発生してからの死者が4000人を超えたと発表した。アメリカでは12日にアメリカ疾病対策センター(CDC)の検査により、8日にエボラ出血熱で死亡した患者の治療を担当していた看護師が感染したことが確認された。
死者のほとんどはリベリア、ギニア、シエラレオネの3カ国で発生している。デヴィッド・ナバーロ国連特使は死者の数は3〜4週間ごとに倍増するという見通しを示し、国際的な支援が大量に動員できない限りはエボラ出血熱流行の早期解決は不可能だと警告した。
写真家のジョン・ムーア氏とムハンマド・エルシャミー氏はエボラ出血熱との戦いの最前線で撮影を行っている。彼らは西アフリカのエボラ出血熱患者とその家族たちの痛ましい現実を写真に収めてきた。リベリアの首都、モンロビアでの胸をえぐられるような写真の数々を見ると、エボラ出血熱の計り知れない影響を知ることができる。
2014年10月10日、リベリア・モンロビア エボラ出血熱の遺体処理チームのメンバーが28歳の女性メキエ・ナグべさんの遺体を火葬するために搬出するとき、ある女性が土をかけようとしている。ナグべさんは市場の露天商人で、彼女の親族によると、10日の早朝、エボラ出血熱患者の隔離施設に出かけるため家の外に出た時に突然倒れ、死亡した。愛する家族を埋葬するのはリベリアの風習では重要とされており、エボラウィルスに感染した遺体が火葬のために隔離されてしまうのは、残された家族にとって最も心理的に痛手となってしまう (John Moore/Getty Images)
2014年10月10日、リベリア・モンロビア メキエ・ナグべさんの遺体を火葬するために遺体処理チームが到着したとき、母のソフィア・ドーさん(写真右)とナグべさんの娘で9歳のアルスネ・クノーちゃん、9カ月のビューティ・マンディちゃんが泣き叫んでいた。(John Moore/Getty Images)
2014年10月10日、リベリア・モンロビア 遺体処理チームが火葬のためナマ・ファムビューレさんの遺体を搬出しようとする際、46歳の夫ヴァーニー・ジョンソンさんが泣き叫んでいた。ジョンソンさんと彼の家族によると、ファムビューレさんは1年以上前から原因不明の病気にかかっていたといい、エボラ出血熱の犠牲者として火葬されることに抗議している。 (John Moore/Getty Images)
2014年10月10日、リベリア・モンロビア エボラ出血熱で死亡したハンフェン・ジョンさんの親族が悲嘆に暮れている。(Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
2014年10月10日、リベリア・モンロビア エボラ出血熱で死亡したハンフェン・ジョンさんの親族。(Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
2014年10月10日、リベリア・モンロビア エボラ出血熱の遺体処理チームがワンルームマンションから4歳の少女の遺体を搬出する。(John Moore/Getty Images)
2014年10月10日、リベリア・モンロビア郊外のニュー・クル・タウン 防護服を着た遺体処理チームが、ベッドで死亡していた54歳の女性の遺体を運搬している。2014年10月10日、リベリア・モンロビア
[English]
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Red Cross members wear special uniform before carrying the body of 36 aged Hanfen John who died due to the Ebola virus, in Monrovia, Liberia on 10 October, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: A member of an Ebola burial team collects the body of a four-year-old girl from an apartment on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: An Ebola burial team collects the body of a four-year-old girl from a one-room apartment on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: A Red Cross member wears special uniform before carrying the body of 36 aged Hanfen John who died due to the Ebola virus, in Monrovia, Liberia on 10 October, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Relative of Hanfen John who died due to the Ebola virus, mourns for him in Monrovia, Liberia on 10 October, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Red Cross members carry the body of 36 aged Hanfen John who died due to the Ebola virus, in Monrovia, Liberia on 10 October, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Red Cross members carry the body of 36 aged Hanfen John who died due to the Ebola virus, in Monrovia, Liberia on 10 October, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Relatives of Hanfen John who died due to the Ebola virus, mourn for him in Monrovia, Liberia on 10 October, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Ecki Uche (35, on the photo) who suffers from Ebola virus, waits on JFK Hospital which closed after it's doctors and health officers died due to Ebola virus, in Monrovia, Liberia on 10 October, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Varney Jonson, 46, grieves as an Ebola burial team takes away the body of his wife Nama Fambule for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. He and his family said that she had been sick for more than a year with an undiagnosed illness and protested her body being taken away as an Ebola victim. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Family members grieve as Ebola burial team members prepare to remove the body of Nama Fambule for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Family members and neighbors said that she had been sick for more than a year with an undiagnosed illness and protested her body being taken away as an Ebola victim. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Varney Jonson, 46, grieves as an Ebola burial team takes away the body of his wife Nama Fambule for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. He and his family said that she had been sick for more than a year with an undiagnosed illness and protested her body being taken away as an Ebola victim. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Family members and neighbors try to convince an Ebola burial team not to take away the body of Nama Fambule for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Community members said that she had been sick for more than a year with an undiagnosed illness and protested her body being taken away as an Ebola victim. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Varney Jonson, 46, grieves as an Ebola burial team takes away the body of his wife Nama Fambule for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. He and his family said that she had been sick for more than a year with an undiagnosed illness and protested her body being taken away as an Ebola victim. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Family members grieve as Ebola burial team members prepare to remove the body of Nama Fambule for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Family members and neighbors said that she had been sick for more than a year with an undiagnosed illness and protested her body being taken away as an Ebola victim. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Family members grieve as Ebola burial team members prepare to remove the body of Nama Fambule for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Family members and neighbors said that she had been sick for more than a year with an undiagnosed illness and protested her body being taken away as an Ebola victim. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: An Ebola burial team removes the body of Nama Fambule for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Family members and neighbors said that she had been sick for more than a year with an undiagnosed illness and protested her body being taken away as an Ebola victim. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Family members grieve near a body truck as Ebola burial team members prepare to remove the body of Nama Fambule for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Family members and neighbors said that she had been sick for more than a year with an undiagnosed illness and protested her body being taken away as an Ebola victim. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Varney Jonson, 46, grieves as an Ebola burial team takes away the body of his wife Nama Fambule for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. He and his family said that she had been sick for more than a year with an undiagnosed illness and protested her body being taken away as an Ebola victim. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: A woman grieves after Ebola burial team members arrived to take away the body of Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Nagbe, a market vendor, collapsed and died outside her home earlier in the morning while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Ebola burial team members remove the body of Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Nagbe, a market vendor, collapsed and died outside her home earlier in the morning while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: A member of an Ebola burial team straps down the body of Mekie Nagbe, 28, before taking it for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Nagbe, a market vendor, collapsed and died outside her home earlier in the morning while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: A woman grieves as Ebola burial team members arrive to take away the body of Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Nagbe, a market vendor, collapsed and died outside her home earlier in the morning while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: A woman grieves as Ebola burial team members arrive to take away the body of Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Nagbe, a market vendor, collapsed and died outside her home earlier in the morning while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: An Ebola burial team disinfects a the body of Mekie Nagbe, 28, before removing it for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Nagbe, a market vendor, collapsed and died outside her home earlier in the morning while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Sophia Doe (R), and her grand daughters Arthuneh Qunoh (C), 9, and Beauty Mandi, 9 months (2nd R) weep as an Ebola burial team arrives to take away her daughter Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation oon October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. The children seen in the photo are daughters of the deceased. Mekie Nagbe, a market vendor died outside her home earlier in the morning while trying to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa.The woman had died outside her home earlier in the morning while trying to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Sophia Doe holds her granddaughter Beauty Mandi, 9 months, as an Ebola burial team arrives to take away her daughter, (the child's mother), Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. The children seen in the photo are daughters of the deceased. Mekie Nagbe, a market vendor died outside her home earlier in the morning while trying to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa.The woman had died outside her home earlier in the morning while trying to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: A woman watches as an Ebola burial team arrives to take away her sister Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Nagbe, a market vendor, collapsed and died outside her home earlier in the morning while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: Sophia Doe sits with her grandchildren Beauty Mandi, 9 months (L) and Arthuneh Qunoh, 9, (R), while watching the arrival an Ebola burial team to take away the body of her daughter Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. The children seen in the photo are daughters of the deceased. Mekie Nagbe, a market vendor died outside her home earlier in the morning while trying to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa.The woman had died outside her home earlier in the morning while trying to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: A woman throws a handful of soil towards the body of her sister as Ebola burial team members take her Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Nagbe, a market vendor, collapsed and died outside her home earlier in the morning while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: A woman collapses after Ebola burial team members take her sister Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Nagbe, a market vendor, collapsed and died outside her home earlier in the morning while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: A woman throws a handful of soil towards the body of her sister as Ebola burial team members take her sister Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Nagbe, a market vendor, collapsed and died outside her home earlier in the morning while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: A woman crawls towards the body of her sister as Ebola burial team members take her sister Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Nagbe, a market vendor, collapsed and died outside her home earlier in the morning while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has now killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
Medical staff exit on October 10,2014 the Super 8 hotel in Skopje after visiting quarantined guests and personnel following the October 9 death of a British man in the Macedonian capital Skopje, who allegedly displayed Ebola-like symptoms, which include fever and vomiting. Macedonian Health Ministry officials said on October 10 it was highly unlikely that a British man who died in Macedonia had Ebola, however 35 people thought to have been in contact with him are under quarantine. The man arrived in Macedonia from London on October 2 and was not thought to have travelled to any of the west African countries affected by the Ebola virus, his friends were reported to have said. AFP PHOTO / ROBERT ATANASOVSKI (Photo credit should read ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 09: U.S. Air Force personnel put up tents to house a 25-bed U.S.-built hospital for sick Liberian health workers as part in Operation United Assistance on October 9, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. U.S. President Barack Obama has committed up to 4,000 troops in West Africa to combat the Ebola epidemic, which has killed at least 3,400 people. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 09: U.S. Marines arrive on MV-22 Ospreys to take part in Operation United Assistance on October 9, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Some 90 Marines arrived on KC-130 transport planes and the Ospreys to support the American effort to contain the Ebola epidemic. The four Ospreys, which can land vertically like helicopters, will transport U.S. troops and supplies as they build 17 Ebola treatment centers around Liberia. U.S. President Barack Obama has committed up to 4,000 troops in West Africa to combat the disease. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 09: U.S. Marines arrive to take part in Operation United Assistance on October 9, 2014 near Monrovia, Liberia. Some 90 Marines arrived on KC-130 transport planes and MV-22 Ospreys to support the American effort to contain the Ebola epidemic. The Ospreys, which can land vertically like helicopters, will transport U.S. troops and supplies as they build 17 Ebola treatment centers around Liberia. U.S. President Barack Obama has committed up to 4,000 troops in West Africa to combat the disease. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 09: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) delivers opening remarks with Guinea President Alpha Conde during a meeting on the Ebola crisis during the International Monetary Fund annual meetings at the World Bank headquarters October 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. Sierra Leone President Bai Koroma and Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf joined the conference via video link. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
-
FRISCO, TX - OCTOBER 8: City of Frisco Fire Chief Mark Piland speaks at the podium while city mayor Maher Maso looks on during a press conference held at the Central Fire Station in Frisco, Texas, to address a patient at the Care Now clinic in Frisco who exhibited some signs and symptoms of the Ebola virus. (Photo by Stewart F. House/Getty Images)
-
DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 08: A possible Ebola patient is brought to the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on October 8, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. Thomas Eric Duncan, the first confirmed Ebola virus patient in the U.S., died earlier today. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
-
DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 08: Health care workers wait for the arrival of a possible Ebola patient at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on October 8, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. Thomas Eric Duncan, the first confirmed Ebola virus patient in the U.S., died earlier today. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 08: Airmen from the 633rd Medical Group of the U.S. Air Force unload equipment for a 25-bed hospital to aid Liberian health workers infected with Ebola on October 8, 2014 near Monrovia, Liberia. The airmen are setting up the modular hospital, known by the military as an expeditionary medical support system (EMEDS), near the international airport ouside of Monrovia. The airmen will train U.S. public health service members in using the hospital's medical equipment, but will not be involved in treatment of Ebola patients. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 08: Protective wire surrounds the first tents set up as part of a 25-bed hospital to aid Liberian health workers infected with Ebola on October 8, 2014 near Monrovia, Liberia. U.S. Air Force personnel are constructing the modular hospital, known by the military as an expeditionary medical support system (EMEDS), near the international airport ouside of Monrovia. The airmen will train U.S. public health service members in using the hospital's medical equipment, but will not be involved in treatment of Ebola patients. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
A healthworker wearing a surgical mask protests outside the Carlos III hospital in Madrid on October 8, 2014 demanding the resignation of Spanish Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality Ana Mato in the wake of the Ebola virus situation in Spain. Spanish health care workers and unions complain of a long list of failings in the case of a nurse who contracted Ebola while treating two elderly missionaries who died from the virus. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU (Photo credit should read PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A man holding a placard that reads, 'How many more must die?' protests outside the Carlos III hospital in Madrid on October 8, 2014 demanding the resignation of Spanish Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality Ana Mato in the wake of the Ebola virus situation in Spain. Spanish health care workers and unions complain of a long list of failings in the case of a nurse who contracted Ebola while treating two elderly missionaries who died from the virus. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU (Photo credit should read PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
MADRID, SPAIN - OCTOBER 08: Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato answers questions from the media after attending a plenary session at the Spanish Parliament on October 8, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato confirmed on Monday the nurse Teresa R. R. tested positive after treating two Ebola patients who had recently returned from Africa. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)
-
MADRID, SPAIN - OCTOBER 08: Workers wearing protective clothing stand outside an appartment building, the private residence for Spanish nurse, Teresa R. R who has tested positive for the Ebola virus on October 8, 2014 in Alcorcon, near Madrid, Spain. Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato confirmed nurse, Teresa R. R had tested positive after treating two Ebola patients who had been brought back to the country from Africa. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
-
ALCORCON, SPAIN - OCTOBER 07: Animal Rights activists stand with their dogs outside a block of apartments where a Spanish nurse who tested positive for the Ebola virus lives on October 7, 2014 in Alcorcon, near Madrid, Spain. Her dog is thought to be at risk of being put down as health officials try to keep the virus from spreading. Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato confirmed the nurse had tested positive after treating two Ebola patients that had been brought back to the country from Africa. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
-
GBARNGA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 07: A U.S. soldier rinses his boots in chlorinated water after exiting the new U.S. Navy mobile laboratory on October 7, 2014 near Gbarnga, in Bong County of central Liberia. The U.S. now operates 4 mobile laboratories in Liberia as part of the American response to the Ebola epidemic. The disease has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
GBARNGA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 07: Grave diggers prepare for new Ebola victims outside an Ebola treatment center on October 7, 2014 near Gbarnga, in Bong County in central Liberia. The 70-bed facility is run by the U.S.-based International Medical Corps and supported by USAID. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
GBARNGA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 07: A grave digger prepares a new grave outside an Ebola treatment center on October 7, 2014 near Gbarnga, in Bong County in central Liberia. The 70-bed facility is run by the U.S.-based International Medical Corps and supported by USAID. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
GBARNGA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 07: Grave diggers prepare for new Ebola victims outside an Ebola treatment center on October 7, 2014 near Gbarnga, in Bong County in central Liberia. The 70-bed facility is run by the U.S.-based International Medical Corps and supported by USAID. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
GBARNGA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 07: A grave marker stands over a new cemetery for Ebola victims outside an Ebola treatment center on October 7, 2014 near Gbarnga in Bong County of central Liberia. The 70-bed facility is run by the U.S.-based International Medical Corps and supported by USAID. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
A woman faints (Bottom) as another reacts while volunteers (unseen) take away from a nearby house the body of a woman who died of Ebola, in Waterloo, some 30 kilometers southeast of Freetown, on October 7, 2014. Dozens of British military personnel are due to fly to Sierra Leone next week to help build medical facilities to combat the Ebola epidemic, the defence ministry said on October 7. AFP PHOTO / FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR (Photo credit should read FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Women faint (Bottom) as another reacts while volunteers (unseen) take away from a nearby house the body of a woman who died of Ebola, in Waterloo, some 30 kilometers southeast of Freetown, on October 7, 2014. Dozens of British military personnel are due to fly to Sierra Leone next week to help build medical facilities to combat the Ebola epidemic, the defence ministry said on October 7. AFP PHOTO / FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR (Photo credit should read FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A woman reacts while volunteers (unseen) take away from a nearby house the body of a woman who died of Ebola, in Waterloo, some 30 kilometers southeast of Freetown, on October 7, 2014. Dozens of British military personnel are due to fly to Sierra Leone next week to help build medical facilities to combat the Ebola epidemic, the defence ministry said on October 7. AFP PHOTO / FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR (Photo credit should read FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Volunteers wait for other volunteers to bring the bodies of people who died from Ebola, to burry them in a field in Waterloo, some 30 kilometers southeast of Freetown, on October 7, 2014. Dozens of British military personnel are due to fly to Sierra Leone next week to help build medical facilities to combat the Ebola epidemic, the defence ministry said on October 7. AFP PHOTO / FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR (Photo credit should read FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Volunteers in protective suit carry for burial the body of a person who died from Ebola in Waterloo, some 30 kilometers southeast of Freetown, on October 7, 2014. Dozens of British military personnel are due to fly to Sierra Leone next week to help build medical facilities to combat the Ebola epidemic, the defence ministry said on October 7. AFP PHOTO / FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR (Photo credit should read FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Volunteers in protective suit burry the body of a person who died from Ebola in Waterloo, some 30 kilometers southeast of Freetown, on October 7, 2014. Dozens of British military personnel are due to fly to Sierra Leone next week to help build medical facilities to combat the Ebola epidemic, the defence ministry said on October 7. AFP PHOTO / FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR (Photo credit should read FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Volunteers in protective suit burry a person who died from Ebola in Waterloo, some 30 kilometers southeast of Freetown, on October 7, 2014. Dozens of British military personnel are due to fly to Sierra Leone next week to help build medical facilities to combat the Ebola epidemic, the defence ministry said on October 7. AFP PHOTO / FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR (Photo credit should read FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR/AFP/Getty Images)
-
GBARNGA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 07: U.S. Navy microbiologist Lt. Jimmy Regeimbal tests blood samples for Ebola at the U.S. Navy mobile laboratory on October 5, 2014 near Gbarnga, Liberia. The U.S. now operates 4 mobile laboratories as part of the American response to the Ebola epidemic. The disease has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
ALCORCON, SPAIN - OCTOBER 07: A woman and girl wear protective mask before they enter Hospital Fundacion Alcorcon where a Spanish nurse tested positive for the Ebola virus on October 7, 2014 in Alcorcon, near Madrid, Spain. Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato confirmed the nurse had tested positive after treating two Ebola patients that had been brought back to the country from Africa. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
-
ALCORCON, SPAIN - OCTOBER 07: A nurse talks to the press outside Hospital Fundacion Alcorcon where a Spanish nurse tested positive for the Ebola virus on October 7, 2014 in Alcorcon, near Madrid, Spain. Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato confirmed the nurse had tested positive after treating two Ebola patients that had been brought back to the country from Africa. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
-
WUERZBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: A volunteer doctor who will travel to west Africa to help care for Ebola patients takes a blood sample during training offered by the German Red Cross (DRK) on October 7, 2014 in Wuerzburg, Germany. Over 1,200 people across Germany have responded to a DRK call for volunteers and the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, has also asked for volunteers from its own ranks. Countries around the world are taking increasing precautions and committing resources in the battle against the deadly virus as the number of victims continues to climb. (Photo by Timm Schamberger/Getty Images) WUERZBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: A volunteer doctor who will travel to West Africa to help care for Ebola patients puts on an isolation suit during training offered by the German Red Cross (DRK) on October 7, 2014 in Wuerzburg, Germany. Over 1,200 people across Germany have responded to a DRK call for volunteers, while the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, has also asked for volunteers from its own ranks. Countries around the world are taking increasing precautions and committing resources in the battle against the deadly virus as the number of victims continues to climb. (Photo Timm Schamberger/Getty Images)
-
WUERZBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: A volunteer doctor who will travel to West Africa to help care for Ebola patients prepares his safety glasses during training offered by the German Red Cross (DRK) on October 7, 2014 in Wuerzburg, Germany. Over 1,200 people across Germany have responded to a DRK call for volunteers, while the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, has also asked for volunteers from its own ranks. Countries around the world are taking increasing precautions and committing resources in the battle against the deadly virus as the number of victims continues to climb. (Photo Timm Schamberger/Getty Images)
-
WUERZBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: A volunteer doctor who will travel to West Africa to help care for Ebola patients puts on an isolation suit during training offered by the German Red Cross (DRK) on October 7, 2014 in Wuerzburg, Germany. Over 1,200 people across Germany have responded to a DRK call for volunteers, while the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, has also asked for volunteers from its own ranks. Countries around the world are taking increasing precautions and committing resources in the battle against the deadly virus as the number of victims continues to climb. (Photo Timm Schamberger/Getty Images)
-
WUERZBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: A volunteer doctor who will travel to West Africa to help care for Ebola patients takes off safety glasses during training offered by the German Red Cross (DRK) on October 7, 2014 in Wuerzburg, Germany. Over 1,200 people across Germany have responded to a DRK call for volunteers, while the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, has also asked for volunteers from its own ranks. Countries around the world are taking increasing precautions and committing resources in the battle against the deadly virus as the number of victims continues to climb. (Photo Timm Schamberger/Getty Images)
-
Ambulances and medical workers stand near an airplane carrying an Norwegian woman infected with the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, after her arrival at the Oslo airport Gardermoen on October 7, 2014. AFP PHOTO / STIAN LYSBERG SOLUM / NTB scanpix / NORWAY OUT (Photo credit should read STIAN LYSBERG SOLUM/AFP/Getty Images)
-
ALCORCON, SPAIN - OCTOBER 07: The Spanish nurse infected by Ebola is moved by ambulance to Carlos III Hospital from Alcorcon Hospital on October 7, 2014 in Alcorcon, Spain. Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato confirmed the nurse had tested positive after treating two Ebola patients that had been brought back to the country from Africa. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)
-
ALCORCON, SPAIN - OCTOBER 07: Police escort an ambulance that carries the Spanish nurse infected by Ebola to Carlos III Hospital from Alcorcon Hospital on October 7, 2014 in Alcorcon, Spain. Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato confirmed the nurse had tested positive after treating two Ebola patients that had been brought back to the country from Africa. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)
-
US air Force soldiers delimit with barbed wire the position of the next Ebola treatment center reserved for contaminated healthcare workers in Monrovia, on October 6, 2014, where the virus continues to claim more victims. Liberia is the country hit hardest by the largest Ebola outbreak on record, accounting for about two-thirds of the total 3,338 deaths recorded in the region since the beginning of the year. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
US air Force soldiers delimit with barbed wire the position of the next Ebola treatment center reserved for contaminated healthcare workers in Monrovia, on October 6, 2014, where the virus continues to claim more victims. Liberia is the country hit hardest by the largest Ebola outbreak on record, accounting for about two-thirds of the total 3,338 deaths recorded in the region since the beginning of the year. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 06: A sick man waits to enter the Ebola treatment center at the Island Hospital on October 6, 2014 on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia. The hospital, with it's 120 beds, has remained at capacity since it's opening by the Liberian Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO), in September. The Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa, according to the WHO. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 06: A woman lies alongside the road while waiting to enter the Ebola treatment center at the Island Hospital on October 6, 2014 on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia. She said she was bleeding heavily from a miscarriage and was unable to get treatment at other clinics, many of which now refuse to treat bleeding patients due to fears of contracting Ebola. The Island Hospital, with it's 120 beds, has remained at full capacity since it's opening by the Liberian Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO), in September. The Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa, according to the WHO. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 06: Relatives pray over a weak Siata Johnson, 23, outside the Ebola treatment center at the Island Hospital on October 6, 2014 on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia. The hospital, with it's 120 beds, has remained at capacity since it's opening by the Liberian Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO), in September. The Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa, according to the WHO. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 05: Members of the Staten Island Liberian community and other residents attend a 'War Against Ebola' fundraiser and concert at the Christ Assembly Lutheran Church on October 5, 2014 in New York City. Staten Island, a borough of New York City, has one of the world's largest numbers of Liberian diaspora. The tight-knit community is increasingly concerned about family and loved ones residning in Liberia in the chance they have been exposed to the deadly virus. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
-
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 05: Members of the Staten Island Liberian community and other residents attend a 'War Against Ebola' fundraiser and concert at the Christ Assembly Lutheran Church on October 5, 2014 in New York City. Staten Island, a borough of New York City, has one of the world's largest numbers of Liberian diaspora. The tight-knit community is increasingly concerned about family and loved ones residning in Liberia in the chance they have been exposed to the deadly virus. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
-
DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 05: Members of the Cleaning Guys Haz Mat clean up company are seen as they sanitize the apartment where Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan was staying before being admitted to a hospital on October 5, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. The first confirmed Ebola virus patient in the United States was staying with family members at The Ivy Apartment complex before being treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. State and local officials are working with federal officials to monitor other individuals that had contact with the confirmed patient. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
-
EULESS, TX - OCTOBER 05: Cora Morris (L) and Quoi Morris pray with others parishioners during a church service at New Life Fellowship Church on October 5, 2014 in Euless, Texas. The congregation is made up of many people from Liberia where the first Ebola patient in America, Thomas Eric Duncan, lived before traveling to America with the virus. The service, led by Pastor Nathan Kortu, Jr., was an opportunity for the congregation to pray for their home country as well as their community and the family of Mr. Duncan. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 05: A health worker washes his hands in chlorinated water while removing protective clothing after an hourlong shift in the high risk area of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF), treatment center on October 5, 2014 in Paynesville, Liberia. To reduce potentially deadly mistakes due to the heat while wearing protective clothing, MSF staff rotate out of the high risk areas each hour. The epidemic has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
PAYNESVILLE, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 05: A Doctors Without Borders (MSF), health worker in protective clothing holds a child suspected of having Ebola in the MSF treatment center on October 5, 2014 in Paynesville, Liberia. The girl and her mother, showing symptoms of the deadly disease, were awaiting test results for the virus. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
PAYNESVILLE, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 05: An Ebola survivor holds his sick daughter while waiting to admit her for testing at the Doctors Without Borders (MSF), treatment center on October 5, 2014 in Paynesville, Liberia. Survivors of the deadly disease become immune to it. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
Belongings lie on the ground after having been abandoned by sick people at the Ebola treatment centre at Island hospital in Monrovia on October 5, 2014, where the epidemic continues to result in more deaths. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A man with his hands encased in plastic bags, cries after he learns that his brother, who he brought to the Ebola treatment centre at Island hospital in Monrovia on October 5, 2014, did not survive. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A man thought to be suffering from the Ebola virus waits to receive attention from medical staff at the Ebola treatment at Island hospital in Monrovia on October 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A man suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus waits to be admitted to the Island Hospital in Monrovia on October 5, 2014. Liberia is the worst hit of the West African nations at the centre of the epidemic, which has already killed 3,439 people, of these, 2,069 in Liberia, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization (WHO). AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A man suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus waits to be admitted to the Island Hospital in Monrovia on October 5, 2014. Liberia is the worst hit of the West African nations at the centre of the epidemic, which has already killed 3,439 people, of these, 2,069 in Liberia, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization (WHO). AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 05: Members of the Cleaning Guys Haz Mat clean up company work on sanitizing the apartment where Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan was staying before being admitted to a hospital on October 5, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. The first confirmed Ebola virus patient in the United States was staying with family members at The Ivy Apartment complex before being treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. State and local officials are working with federal officials to monitor other individuals that had contact with the confirmed patient. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
-
A Red Cross worker takes off her protective suit after collecting a body of a person suspected of dying from the Ebola virus, from a house in the Center Street neighborhood of the Liberian capital Monrovia, on October 4, 2014. By far the most deadly epidemic of Ebola on record has spread into five west African countries since the start of the year, infecting more than 7,000 people and killing about half of them. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 04: Eric Williams (L) , a U.S. Congressional candidate, and Richard Mwachukwu, from the Organization of Nigerian Nationals, hug as they meet to speak with the media outside the Ivy Apartment complex where the confirmed Ebola virus patient was staying on October 4, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. They spoke to the media on their concerns about how the Ebola case is affecting the community. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
-
A body bag containing a person suspected of dying from the Ebola virus is collected and put on the back of a truck from a house in the West Point district of the Liberian capital Monrovia, on October 4, 2014. By far the most deadly epidemic of Ebola on record has spread into five west African countries since the start of the year, infecting more than 7,000 people and killing about half of them. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Members of the Red Cross make ready a body bag as they enter a house to collect the body of a person suspected of dying from the Ebola virus in the West Point district of the Liberian capital Monrovia, on October 4, 2014. By far the most deadly epidemic of Ebola on record has spread into five west African countries since the start of the year, infecting more than 7,000 people and killing about half of them. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT. (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Red Cross workers carry away the body of a person suspected of dying from the Ebola virus, in the neighborhood of Center Street in the Liberian capital Monrovia, on October 4, 2014. By far the most deadly epidemic of Ebola on record has spread into five west African countries since the start of the year, infecting more than 7,000 people and killing about half of them. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT. (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Red Cross workers carry away the body of a person suspected of dying from the Ebola virus, in the Liberian capital Monrovia, on October 4, 2014. By far the most deadly epidemic of Ebola on record has spread into five west African countries since the start of the year, infecting more than 7,000 people and killing about half of them. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT. (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Red Cross workers carry away the body of a person suspected of dying from the Ebola virus, in the Liberian capital Monrovia, on October 4, 2014. By far the most deadly epidemic of Ebola on record has spread into five west African countries since the start of the year, infecting more than 7,000 people and killing about half of them. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT. (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A woman reacts after a relative is suspected of dying from the Ebola virus, in the Liberian capital Monrovia, on October 4, 2014. By far the most deadly epidemic of Ebola on record has spread into five west African countries since the start of the year, infecting more than 7,000 people and killing about half of them. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT. (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
People look on as a woman reacts after her husband is suspected of dying from the Ebola virus, in the Liberian capital Monrovia, on October 4, 2014. By far the most deadly epidemic of Ebola on record has spread into five west African countries since the start of the year, infecting more than 7,000 people and killing about half of them. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT. (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A woman reacts after her husband is suspected of dying from the Ebola virus, in the Liberian capital Monrovia, on October 4, 2014. By far the most deadly epidemic of Ebola on record has spread into five west African countries since the start of the year, infecting more than 7,000 people and killing about half of them. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT. (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A woman reacts after her husband is suspected of dying from the Ebola virus, in the Liberian capital Monrovia, on October 4, 2014. By far the most deadly epidemic of Ebola on record has spread into five west African countries since the start of the year, infecting more than 7,000 people and killing about half of them. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT. (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
NEW KRU TOWN, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 04: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) displays a family and home disinfection kit which MSF distributed on October 4, 2014 in New Kru Town, Liberia. MSF gave out thousands of the kits in early morning distributions, some of 50,000 such 'Ebola kits' to be given to families throughout the capital area. The kits, which include buckets, soap, gloves, anti-contamination gowns, plastic bags, a spray bottle and masks, are meant to give people some level of protection if a family member becomes sick, possibly from Ebola. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
NEW KRU TOWN, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 04: Residents of an Ebola affected township walk home with family and home disinfection kits distributed by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), on October 4, 2014 in New Kru Town, Liberia. MSF gave out thousands of the kits in early morning distributions, some of 50,000 such 'Ebola kits' to be given to families throughout the capital area. The kits, which include buckets, soap, gloves, anti-contamination gowns, plastic bags, a spray bottle and masks, are meant to give people some level of protection if a family member becomes sick, possibly from Ebola. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
NEW KRU TOWN, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 04: Residents of an Ebola affected township argue about not receiving enough family and home disinfection kits distributed by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), on October 4, 2014 in New Kru Town, Liberia. MSF gave out thousands of the kits in early morning distributions, some of 50,000 such 'Ebola kits' to be given to families throughout the capital area. The kits, which include buckets, soap, gloves, anti-contamination gowns, plastic bags, a spray bottle and masks, are meant to give people some level of protection if a family member becomes sick, possibly from Ebola. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
NEW KRU TOWN, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 04: Residents of an Ebola affected township take home family and home disinfection kits distributed by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), on October 4, 2014 in New Kru Town, Liberia. MSF gave out thousands of the kits in early morning distributions, some of 50,000 such 'Ebola kits' to be given to families throughout the capital area. The kits, which include buckets, soap, gloves, anti-contamination gowns, plastic bags, a spray bottle and masks, are meant to give people some level of protection if a family member becomes sick, possibly from Ebola. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
NEW KRU TOWN, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 04: Residents of an Ebola affected township take home family and home disinfection kits distributed by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), on October 4, 2014 in New Kru Town, Liberia. MSF gave out thousands of the kits in early morning distributions, some of 50,000 such 'Ebola kits' to be given to families throughout the capital area. The kits, which include buckets, soap, gloves, anti-contamination gowns, plastic bags, a spray bottle and masks, are meant to give people some level of protection if a family member becomes sick, possibly from Ebola. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
NEW KRU TOWN, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 04: A child looks up as residents of an Ebola affected township wait before dawn to receive family and home disinfection kits distributed by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), on October 4, 2014 in New Kru Town, Liberia. MSF gave out thousands of the kits in early morning distributions, some of 50,000 such 'Ebola kits' to be given to families throughout the capital area. The kits, which include buckets, soap, gloves, anti-contamination gowns, plastic bags, a spray bottle and masks, are meant to give people some level of protection if a family member becomes sick, possibly from Ebola. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 03: A Liberian health worker dressed in an anti-contamination suit speaks with a boy at a center for suspected Ebola patients, formerly the maternity ward at Redemption Hospital on October 3, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. People at the center are tested for Ebola and if the results are positive, are sent to an Ebola treatment unit (ETU). The epidemic has killed more than 3,300 people in West Africa according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 03: A World Health Organization (WHO), instructor speaks with new health workers during a training session on October 3, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. The WHO is training some 400 new health workers in two-week courses for the Liberian Ministry of Health. Many of the new health workers will be stationed in some of th 17 Ebola treatment units to be built by the U.S. military. The 'patients' in the training courses are Liberian survivors of the Ebola epidemic, hired by the WHO for the courses. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 03: Health workers help an Ebola survivor as she pretend vomits during a training World Health Organization (WHO), training session on October 3, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. The WHO is training some 400 new health workers in two-week courses for the Liberian Ministry of Health. Many of the new health workers will be stationed in some of th 17 Ebola treatment units to be built by the U.S. military. The 'patients' in the training courses are Liberian survivors of the epidemic, hired by the WHO for the courses. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 03: New health workers suit up in protective clothing during an Ebola training session on October 3, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. The WHO is training some 400 new health workers in two-week courses for the Liberian Ministry of Health. Many of the new health workers will be stationed in some of th 17 Ebola treatment units to be built by the U.S. military. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 03: U.S. military personnel walk to an equipment hangar on October 3, 2014 at the airport outside of Monrovia, Liberia. The U.S. military continues to build up forces and materiel as part of Operation United Assistance, the humanitarian mission to aid Liberia in West Africa's Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than 3,300 people. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 03: A hazmat team arrives to clean a unit at the Ivy Apartments, where the confirmed Ebola virus patient was staying, on October 3, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. The first confirmed Ebola virus patient in the United States was staying with family members at The Ivy Apartment complex before being treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. State and local officials are working with federal officials to monitor other individuals that had contact with the confirmed patient. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 03: Prince, 10, lies with his family in an Ebola holding center, formerly the maternity ward of Redemption Hospital on October 3, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. His father died of Ebola a week before. People at the center are tested for Ebola and if the results are positive, are sent to an Ebola treatment unit (ETU). The epidemic has killed more than 3,300 people in West Africa according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 03: A Liberian Ministry of Health worker, looks over garbage at a holding center for suspected Ebola patients at Redemption Hospital on October 3, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. He had arrived there with his sick mother and two siblings to be tested for Ebola. His father died of the disease a week before. Patients there are tested for Ebola and if the results are positive, are sent to an Ebola treatment unit (ETU). The epidemic has killed more than 3,300 people in West Africa according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 03: A Liberian Ministry of Health worker waits to be sprayed with disinfectant after removing his anti-contamination suit at a holding center for suspected Ebola patients at Redemption Hospital on October 3, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Patients there are tested for Ebola and if the results are positive, are sent to an Ebola treatment unit (ETU). The epidemic has killed more than 3,300 people in West Africa according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
A Health worker uses a piece of cardboard to carry a thermometer as he looks after a person acting as a patient at a World Health Organization health center for training to deal with the Ebola virus in the Liberian capital Monrovia, on October 3, 2014. By far the most deadly epidemic of Ebola on record has spread into five west African countries since the start of the year, infecting more than 7,000 people and killing about half of them. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
PAYNESVILLE, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 03: Maru, 3, waits outside to enter the ELWA 3 Doctors Without Borders Ebola treatment center on October 3, 2014 in Paynesville, Liberia. Filled to its current 250-bed capacity, the center can only take in as many new Ebola patients as the number of people who die overnight. The epidemic has killed more than 3,300 people in West Africa according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
PAYNESVILLE, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 03: Maru, 3, waits outside to enter the ELWA 3 Doctors Without Borders Ebola treatment center on October 3, 2014 in Paynesville, Liberia. Filled to its current 250-bed capacity, the center can only take in as many new Ebola patients as the number of people who die overnight. The epidemic has killed more than 3,300 people in West Africa according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 03: Howard University Hospital has admitted a patient with Ebola-like symptoms according to a hospital spokesperson October 3, 2014 in Washington, DC. The unnamed patient was admitted overnight and recently traveled to Nigeria, presenting symptoms upon his or her return, according to hospital spokesperson Kerry-Ann Hamilton. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
-
A worker guards the entrance of the Ebola treatment centre of aid agency Doctors Without Borders on October 3, 2014 where NBC cameraman Ashoka Mukpo, 3, who has been infected with the Ebola virus is being treated. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT. (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Prof Dr Hans-Reinhard Brodt (R) Head of Infectious disease and HIV Center of the University Clinic where an Ebola patient arrived for treatment addresses a press conference in Frankfurt am Main, central Germany on October 3, 2014. The man from Uganda had been in Sierra leone where he was working as a doctor helping people with Ebola. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL ROLAND (Photo credit should read DANIEL ROLAND/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Medical staff wearing protective clothes are seen during the arrival of an Ebola patient at the isolation ward of the University Clinic in Frankfurt am Main, central Germany on October 3, 2014. The man from Uganda had been in Sierra leone where he was working as a doctor helping people with Ebola. AFP PHOTO /DPA / BORIS ROESSLER +++ GERMANY OUT +++ (Photo credit should read BORIS ROESSLER/AFP/Getty Images)
-
People sit on October 2, 2014 in the West Point area of Monrovia. Liberia has accounted for more than half of Ebola deaths, with the official toll rising to 3,338 on October 1, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 02: People pass an Ebola awareness mural on October 2, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. More than 3,200 people have died in West Africa due to the epidemic. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 02: A man passes an Ebola awareness mural on October 2, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. More than 3,200 people have died in West Africa due to the epidemic. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 02: A burial team disinfects an Ebola victim while collecting him for cremation on October 2, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Eight Liberian Red Cross burial teams under contract with the country's Ministry of Health collect the bodies of Ebola victims in the capital. More than 3,200 people have died in West Africa due to the epidemic. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 02: A health worker interviews a sick man after he arrived to a Ministry of Health treatment center for Ebola patients on October 2, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. More than 3,200 people have died in West Africa due to the epidemic. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 02: A burial team unloads an Ebola victim, who died in an ambulance, while collecting him for cremation on October 2, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Eight Liberian Red Cross burial teams under contract with the country's Ministry of Health collect the bodies of Ebola victims in the capital. More than 3,200 people have died in West Africa due to the epidemic. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 02: A neighbor walks past the building where Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient to develop symptoms in the United States, rented a room on October 2, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Duncan, a Liberian citizen, reportedly physically assisted Marthalene Williams, 19, and 6 1/2 months pregnant, to a Monrovia hospital on September 15, where she was turned away. She died on September 17 but not before probably infecting him, and he then flew to Dallas without showing symptoms, arriving September 20 and became sick several days later. Officials say they up to 100 people in Dallas may have been exposed to the deadly virus by people who Ducan came in contact with before he was admitted to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 02: Sanitized goggles and clothing hang to dry at a Ministry of Health treatment center for Ebola victims on October 2, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. More than 3,200 people have died in West Africa due to the epidemic. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
A health ministry employee visits the West Point district in Monrovia as part of an awareness campaign for Ebola on October 2, 2014. The UN launched a mission to prevent the worldwide spread of Ebola as the US hunted for people who came in contact with the first African diagnosed with the deadly virus outside the continent. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Members of a local Liberian association working the UNICEF organise an awareness campaign for Ebola in the West Point district in Monrovia on October 2, 2014. The UN launched a mission to prevent the worldwide spread of Ebola as the US hunted for people who came in contact with the first African diagnosed with the deadly virus outside the continent. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A man pushes a wheelbarrow containing a woman thought to be a victim of the Ebola virus at the Ebola treatment centre at Island hospital in Monrovia on October 2, 2014. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Wednesday the Ebola outbreak that has devastated her country was showing signs of stabilising as the official death toll rose again.. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A man leaves a wheelbarrow containuing a woman thought to be a victim of the Ebola virus at the Ebola treatment centre at Island hospital in Monrovia on October 2, 2014. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Wednesday the Ebola outbreak that has devastated her country was showing signs of stabilising as the official death toll rose again.. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A man suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus waits to be admitted to Island Hospital in Monrovia on October 2, 2014. The UN launched a mission to prevent the worldwide spread of Ebola as the US hunted for people who came in contact with the first African diagnosed with the deadly virus outside the continent. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A health worker stands near a man suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus as he lies on the ground naked after he was admitted to Island Hospital in Monrovia on October 2, 2014. The UN launched a mission to prevent the worldwide spread of Ebola as the US hunted for people who came in contact with the first African diagnosed with the deadly virus outside the continent. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A health worker walks past a boy suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus after he was admitted to Island Hospital in Monrovia on October 2, 2014. The UN launched a mission to prevent the worldwide spread of Ebola as the US hunted for people who came in contact with the first African diagnosed with the deadly virus outside the continent. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 2: British International Development Secretary Justine Greening speaks at the 'Defeating Ebola: Sierra Leone' conference at Lancaster House on October 2, 2014 in London, England. Britain hosted an international conference today to help organise the fight against Ebola in its former colony Sierra Leone, as a charity warned that five people were becoming infected every hour in the West African nation. (Photo by Matt Dunham - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 02: A construction worker hammers in the rain while building a new Ebola isolation and treatment center overnight on Ocober 2, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Work continues 24-hours a day on such centers, which still cannot keep up with demand as the Ebola epidemic continues to spread. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Alex PIGMAN Volunteers take part in training at a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) replica of Ebola treatment centres, prior to be sent to help fight the spread of the deadly virus in Africa, in Brussels, on October 1, 2014. MSF has scrambled together a a replica of treatment centres it built virtually overnight in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea -- the hotspots of an Ebola outbreak that has infected more than 7,000 people and killed about half of them. AFP PHOTO/Emmmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
-
TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Alex PIGMAN Volunteers train at a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) replica of Ebola treatment centres, prior to be sent to help fight the spread of the deadly virus in Africa, in Brussels, on October 1, 2014. MSF has scrambled together a a replica of treatment centres it built virtually overnight in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea -- the hotspots of an Ebola outbreak that has infected more than 7,000 people and killed about half of them. AFP PHOTO/Emmmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
-
TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Alex PIGMAN Volunteers train at a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) replica of Ebola treatment centres, prior to be sent to help fight the spread of the deadly virus in Africa, in Brussels, on October 1, 2014. MSF has scrambled together a a replica of treatment centres it built virtually overnight in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea -- the hotspots of an Ebola outbreak that has infected more than 7,000 people and killed about half of them. AFP PHOTO/Emmmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
-
TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Alex PIGMAN Volunteers train at a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) replica of Ebola treatment centres, prior to be sent to help fight the spread of the deadly virus in Africa, in Brussels, on October 1, 2014. MSF has scrambled together a a replica of treatment centres it built virtually overnight in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea -- the hotspots of an Ebola outbreak that has infected more than 7,000 people and killed about half of them. AFP PHOTO/Emmmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
-
TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Alex PIGMAN Volunteers train at a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) replica of Ebola treatment centres, prior to be sent to help fight the spread of the deadly virus in Africa, in Brussels, on October 1, 2014. MSF has scrambled together a a replica of treatment centres it built virtually overnight in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea -- the hotspots of an Ebola outbreak that has infected more than 7,000 people and killed about half of them. AFP PHOTO/Emmmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
-
TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Alex PIGMAN Volunteers train at a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) replica of Ebola treatment centres, prior to be sent to help fight the spread of the deadly virus in Africa, in Brussels, on October 1, 2014. MSF has scrambled together a a replica of treatment centres it built virtually overnight in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea -- the hotspots of an Ebola outbreak that has infected more than 7,000 people and killed about half of them. AFP PHOTO/Emmmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
-
TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Alex PIGMAN Volunteers train at a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) replica of Ebola treatment centres, prior to be sent to help fight the spread of the deadly virus in Africa, in Brussels, on October 1, 2014. MSF has scrambled together a a replica of treatment centres it built virtually overnight in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea -- the hotspots of an Ebola outbreak that has infected more than 7,000 people and killed about half of them. AFP PHOTO/Emmmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
-
TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Alex PIGMAN Volunteers train at a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) replica of Ebola treatment centres, prior to be sent to help fight the spread of the deadly virus in Africa, in Brussels, on October 1, 2014. MSF has scrambled together a a replica of treatment centres it built virtually overnight in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea -- the hotspots of an Ebola outbreak that has infected more than 7,000 people and killed about half of them. AFP PHOTO/Emmmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A picture taken on October 1, 2013 shows a police officer taking a motorist's temperature as part of protective measures against the Ebola virus at a border crossing with Sierra Leone in Liberia's western Cape Mount province, the country's first province to be quarantined. The US prepared on October 3 to fly home a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia, as the head of the UN's response agency headed to Sierra Leone to lead the fight against an epidemic he called the world's 'highest priority'. The death toll from the west African outbreak has reached 3,338 dead from 7,178 infected. AFP PHOTO / ZOOM DOSSO (Photo credit should read ZOOM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A picture taken on October 1, 2013 shows people waiting to be screened as part of protective measures against the Ebola virus, next to a warning sign at a border crossing with Sierra Leone in Liberia's western Cape Mount province, the country's first province to be quarantined. The US prepared on October 3 to fly home a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia, as the head of the UN's response agency headed to Sierra Leone to lead the fight against an epidemic he called the world's 'highest priority'. The death toll from the west African outbreak has reached 3,338 dead from 7,178 infected. AFP PHOTO / ZOOM DOSSO (Photo credit should read ZOOM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Island hospital staff build on October 1, 2014 in Monrovia new units to treat patients suffering from the Ebola virus. Liberia has accounted for more than half of Ebola deaths, with the official toll rising to 3,338 on October 1, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT. (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
As DISD Police watch, Gabriella Beltran, right, walks from Hotchkiss Elementary with her children Valeria Curranza, Joseph Manuel Beltran and Oliver Torres. Parents were summoned by the Dallas School District to pick their children up early from L.L. Hotchkiss Elementary, Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Children who had reportedly been near the man who has been diagnosed with the Ebola virus have attended the school. (Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT via Getty Images)
-
DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 01: Students are dismissed from Sam Tasby Middle School on October 1, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. Officials confirmed that a student, who had contact with the first confirmed Ebola virus patient in the United States, attends classes at the school. State and local officials are working with federal officials to monitor other individuals that had contact with the confirmed patient. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
-
DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 01: Students are dismissed from Sam Tasby Middle School on October 1, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. Officials confirmed that a student, who had contact with the first confirmed Ebola virus patient in the United States, attends classes at the school. State and local officials are working with federal officials to monitor other individuals that had contact with the confirmed patient. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
-
A resident of the Ivy Apartments in Dallas, Texas, talks to the news media gathered at the fence of the complex on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. A man who has been diagnosed with the Ebola virus was staying there. (Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT via Getty Images)
-
A health worker takes a patient's temperature on October 1, 2014 at MSF's (Doctors Without Borders) Ebola treatment center in Monrovia. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data released on September 27, 2014 said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Health workers in protective suits walk on October 1, 2014 at MSF's (Doctors Without Borders) Ebola treatment center in Monrovia. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data released on September 27, 2014 said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Health workers in protective suit put their equipment on, on October 1, 2014 at MSF's (Doctors Without Borders) Ebola treatment center in Monrovia. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data released on September 27, 2014 said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A health worker helps a doctor to fix his gloves with adhesive tape, on October 1, 2014 at MSF's (Doctors Without Borders) Ebola treatment center in Monrovia. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data released on September 27, 2014 said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
People stand on graves in the Tweh farm cemetery on September 30, 2014 in Monrovia, where burials have been halted due to the Ebola outbreak . Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data released on September 27 said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A man sits on a cross in the Tweh farm cemetery on September 30, 2014 in Monrovia, where burials have been halted due to the Ebola outbreak . Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data released on September 27 said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Workers build a new unit for Ebola patients on September 30, 2014 at the Island hospital in Monrovia. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data released Saturday said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A man walks in the Tweh farm cemetery on September 30, 2014 in Monrovia. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data released Saturday said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A health worker in a protective suit walks past newly arrived patients suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus at Island Hospital in Monrovia on September 30, 2014. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
People suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus wait to be taken into at Island Hospital for treatment in Monrovia on September 30, 2014. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A woman reads the list of people who died of the Ebola virus at Island Hospital in Monrovia on September 30, 2014. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A Health worker in a protective suit closes the gate of Island Hospital after welcoming new patients suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus in Monrovia on September 30, 2014. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Health workers in protective suits stand next to newly arrived patients suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus at Island Hospital in Monrovia on September 30, 2014. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Health workers in protective suits greet a woman who has come to deliver food to relatives at Island Hospital where people suffering from the Ebola virus are being treated in Monrovia on September 30, 2014. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Health workers in protective suits look at an ambulance upon its arrival at Island Hospital in Monrovia on September 30, 2014. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Workers of a cleaning company collect garbage in central Monrovia on September 30, 2014. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Workers of a cleaning company collect garbage in central Monrovia on September 30, 2014. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Workers of a cleaning company collect garbage in central Monrovia on September 30, 2014. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Workers of a cleaning company collect garbage in central Monrovia on September 30, 2014. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa. The latest UN data said 1,830 people have died from the killer virus in Liberia so far, and 3,458 people have been infected. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 17: Hanah Siafa lies with her daughter Josephine, 10, while hoping to enter the new Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Ebola treatment center on August 17, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. The facility initially has 120 beds, making it the largest such facility for Ebola treatment and isolation in history, and MSF plans to expand it to a 350-bed capacity. Tents at the center were provided by UNICEF. The virus has killed more than 1,000 people in four African countries, and Liberia now has had more deaths than any other country. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 16: A crowd enters the grounds of an Ebola isolation center in the West Point slum on August 16, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. A mob of several hundred people, chanting, 'No Ebola in West Point,' opened the gates and took out the patients, many saying that the Ebola epidemic is a hoax. The center, a closed primary school originally built by USAID, was being used by the Liberian Health Ministry to temporarily isolate people suspected of carrying the virus. Some 10 patients had 'escaped' the building the night before, according to a nurse, as the center had no medicine to treat them. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people in four West African countries, with Liberia now having the most deaths. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 16: A crowd looks over the wall into an Ebola isolation center before pushing into the facility in the West Point favella on August 16, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. A crowd of several hundred people, chanting, 'No Ebola in West Point,' forced open the gates and took out the patients, many saying that the Ebola epidemic is a hoax. The center, a closed primary school originally built by USAID, was being used by the Liberian health ministry to temporarily isolate people suspected of carrying the virus. Some 10 patients had 'escaped' the building the night before, according to a nurse, as the center had no medicine to treat them. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people in four West African countries, with Liberia now having the most deaths. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 16: A crowd pushes through the gates of an Ebola isolation center in the West Point slum on August 16, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. A crowd of several hundred people, chanting, 'No Ebola in West Point,' opened the gates and took out the patients, many saying that the Ebola epidemic is a hoax. The center, a closed primary school originally built by USAID, was being used by the Liberian health ministry to temporarily isolate people suspected of carrying the virus. Some 10 patients had 'escaped' the building the night before, according to a nurse, as the center had no medicine to treat them. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people in four West African countries, with Liberia now having the most deaths. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
An MSF medical worker checks their protective clothing in a mirror at an MSF facility in Kailahun, on August 15, 2014. Kailahun along with Kenama district is at the epicentre of the world's worst Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that the latest death toll from the Ebola virus in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria had claimed more than1000 lives. Health Organisations are looking into the possible use of experimental drugs to combat the latest outbreak in West Africa. AFP PHOTO/Carl de Souza (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 15: A Liberian health worker speaks with families in a classroom now used as Ebola isolation ward on August 15, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. People suspected of contracting the Ebola virus are being brought to the center, a closed primary school originally built by USAID, while larger facililities are being constructed to house the surging number of patients. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people in four West African countries. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
Women of Kandopleu village dance during a welcoming ceremony for Ivory Coast's Health minister, visiting to present the prophylactic measures against Ebola fever, on August 14, 2014 near Biankouma near the border with Guinea and Liberia. Ivory Coast announced on August 11, 2014 that it has banned all flights from countries hit by Ebola as part of steps to prevent the deadly virus from reaching the west African nation. AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Sierra Leone government burial team members wearing protective clothing carry the coffin of Dr Modupeh Cole, Sierra Leone's second senior physician to die of Ebola, at the MSF facility in Kailahun, on August 14, 2014. Kailahun along with Kenama district is at the epicentre of the world's worst Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that the latest death toll from the Ebola virus in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria had claimed more than1000 lives. Health Organisations are looking into the possible use of experimental drugs to combat the latest outbreak in West Africa. AFP PHOTO/Carl de Souza (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) medical workers disinfect the body bag of an Ebola victim at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) facility in Kailahun, on August 14, 2014. Kailahun along with the Kenema district is at the epicentre of the worst epidemic of Ebola since its discovery four decades ago. The death toll stands at more than 1,000. The Ebola epidemic in West Africa claimed a fourth victim in Nigeria on August 14 while the United States ordered the evacuation of diplomats' families from Sierra Leone and analysts warned of a heavy economic toll on the stricken region. AFP PHOTO/Carl de Souza (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 14: A man lies in a newly-opened Ebola isolation center set up by the Liberian health ministry in a closed school on August 14, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. People suspected of contracting the Ebola virus are being sent to such centers in the capital Monrovia where the spread of the highly contagious and deadly Ebola virus has been called catastrophic. The epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people in four West African countries. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 14: Children sit in a newly-opened isolation ward set up by the Liberian health ministry in a closed school on August 14, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. They sleep on matresses on the floor. People suspected of contracting the Ebola virus are being sent to such centers in the capital Monrovia where the spread of the highly contagious and deadly Ebola virus has been called catastrophic. The epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people in four West African countries. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
Strechers carry a man on a stretcher in an isolation room on August 14, 2014 at the district hospital of Biankouma, during a simulation operation organized by the Ivory Coast Health Ministry to train medical staff to deal with potential patients with Ebola. US President Barack Obama called his counterparts in Liberia and Sierra Leone on August 14 to discuss the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the White House said. AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 14: A Liberian health department burial team disinfects their protective clothing after retreiving the body of a woman suspected of dying of the Ebola virus on August 14, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Teams of undertakers wearing protective clothing are retreiving bodies from all over the capital of Monrovia, where the spread of the highly contagious Ebola virus has been called catastrophic. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people in four West African countries and has overwhelmed the Liberian health system. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 14: A relative weeps as a health department burial team prepares to enter the home of a woman suspected of dying of the Ebola virus on August 14, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Teams are picking up bodies from all over the capital of Monrovia, where the spread of the Ebola virus has been called catastrophic. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people in four West African countries and has overwhelmed the Liberian health system. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 14: A burial team from the Liberian health department removes the body of a woman suspected of dying of the Ebola virus from her home on August 14, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Teams are picking up bodies from all over the capital of Monrovia, where the spread of the Ebola virus has been called catastrophic. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people in four West African countries and has overwhelmed the Liberian health system. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 14: A burial team from the Liberian health department sprays disinfectant over the body of a woman suspected of dying of the Ebola virus on August 14, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Teams are picking up bodies from all over the capital of Monrovia, where the spread of the Ebola virus has been called catastrophic. The Ebola epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people in four West African countries and has overwhelmed the Liberian health system. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 13: People pray at an Evangelical Christian church on August 13, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. A Delta Airlines flight had just brought the Ebola-flighting experimental ZMapp drug, which the Liberian government says will be used to treat Liberian doctors infected by the deadly virus. The current Ebola epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people in four West African countries. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 13: Liberian Foreign Affairs Minister Augustine Ngafuan hand-carries boxes of the experimental Ebola-fighting drug ZMapp on a Delta Airlines flight from New York's JFK airport to Monrovia on August 13, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. The Liberian government says the drug is meant to be used to treat Liberian doctors infected by the deadly virus which has killed more than 1,000 people in four West African countries. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
-
A woman washes clothes in the Kroo town slum in Freetown on August 13, 2014. The World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that the latest death toll from the Ebola virus in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria had claimed more than1000 lives. Health Organisations are looking into the possible use of experimental drugs to combat the latest outbreak in West Africa which is also the largest ebola outbreak in history. AFP PHOTO/Carl de Souza (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Young boys play football in the rain in Freetown on August 13, 2014. The World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that the latest death toll from the Ebola virus in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria had claimed more than1000 lives. Health Organisations are looking into the possible use of experimental drugs to combat the latest outbreak in West Africa which is also the largest ebola outbreak in history. AFP PHOTO/Carl de Souza (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A doctor of the national public health institute controls the temperature of a woman at the airport, in Abidjan on August 13, 2014, as part of protective measures against the Ebola virus. The Ivory Coast announced on August 11 that it has banned all flights from countries hit by Ebola as part of steps to prevent the deadly virus from reaching the west African nation. AFP PHOTO/ SIA KAMBOU (Photo credit should read SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A man stands next to a tent set up to treat Ebola patients on August 12, 2014 in Monrovia. Liberia, one of the hardest hit by the killer virus, said it had requested samples of an experimental drug and that supplies would be brought into the country 'by a representative of the US government' later this week. AFP PHOTO / ZOOM DOSSO (Photo credit should read ZOOM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A man, wearing a protective mask, poses in front of an isolation center for people suffering from the Ebola virus, on August 12, 2014 at the airport in Abidjan. The Ivory Coast announced on the eve that it has banned all flights from countries hit by Ebola as part of steps to prevent the deadly virus from reaching the west African nation. AFP PHOTO/ SIA KAMBOU (Photo credit should read SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
An agent of the national public health institute poses with a thermometer at the airport, in Abidjan on August 12, 2014, as part of protective measures against the Ebola virus. The Ivory Coast announced on the eve that it has banned all flights from countries hit by Ebola as part of steps to prevent the deadly virus from reaching the west African nation. AFP PHOTO/ SIA KAMBOU (Photo credit should read SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: A general view of a High Level Isolation Unit at the Royal Free hospital on August 12, 2014 in London, England. The Royal Free hospital houses two High Level Isolation Units at their High Secure Infectious Disease Unit. The Ebola virus has already killed more than 1000 people in Africa. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
-
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: Senior Matron Breda Athan demonstrates the procedure when preparing to treat potential patients with Ebola on August 12, 2014 in London, England. The Royal Free Hospital houses two High Level Isolation Units at their High Secure Infectious Disease Unit. The Ebola virus has already killed more than 1000 people in Africa. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
-
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: A general view of a High Level Isolation Unit at the Royal Free hospital on August 12, 2014 in London, England. The Royal Free hospital houses two High Level Isolation Units at their High Secure Infectious Disease Unit. The Ebola virus has already killed more than 1000 people in Africa. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
-
A woman, wearing a protective face mask and gloves, speaks to a worker upon arrival at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on August 11, 2014. Nigeria confirmed a new case of Ebola in the financial capital Lagos, bringing the total number of people in the country with the virus to 10. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Passengers, wearing protective face masks and hand gloves push troleys loaded with personal effects upon arrival at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos on August 11, 2014. Nigeria confirmed a new case of Ebola in the financial capital Lagos, bringing the total number of people in the country with the virus to 10. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
(From L) Ivory Coast's government spokesman Bruno Kone and Health Minister Raymonde Goudou Coffi give a press conference on August 11, 2014 in Abidjan. The Ivory Coast announced Monday that it has banned all flights from countries hit by Ebola as part of steps to prevent the deadly virus from reaching the west African nation. AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Infectious disease specialist Florian Steiner wears protective clothing as he works in a laboratory for blood tests during a demonstration of the proceedings at the quarantine office of Berlin's Charite hospital on August 11, 2014. The quarantine ward is prepared to receive persons sick with tropical diseases, like people infected with the deadly Ebola virus for example. AFP PHOTO / DPA / TIM BRAKEMEIER / GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read TIM BRAKEMEIER/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Infectious disease specialist Florian Steiner (L) and quarantine office leader Thomas Klotzkowski disinfect themselves during a demonstration of the proceedings at the ward of Berlin's Charite hospital on August 11, 2014. The quarantine ward is prepared to receive persons sick with tropical diseases, like people infected with the deadly Ebola virus for example. AFP PHOTO / DPA / TIM BRAKEMEIER / GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read TIM BRAKEMEIER/AFP/Getty Images)
-
BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 11: A doctor for tropical medicine wearing an isolation suit speaks to journalists during a demonstration for the media of ebola treatment capabilities at Station 59 at Charite hospital on August 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The specialized quarantine unit at Station 59 is among a handful of facilities in Germany nationwide that are capable of handling ebola cases. According to media reports a German medical student currently in Ruanda is showing signs of the disease, though should he in fact have ebola it is so far unclear whether he would be flown to Germany for treatment. The disease has so far claimed over 1,000 lives in western Africa in recent weeks. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
-
Coulibaly Daouda, head of the epidemiological department at the national public health institute in Abidjan poses as he holds a poster reading ''Ebola fever'', on August 8, 2014. The World Health Organization declared the killer Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of west Africa an international health emergency and appealed for global aid to help afflicted countries. States of emergency have been declared in the hardest hit countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, while two people have died in Nigeria and Benin is investigating a suspect patient. AFP PHOTO/ SIA KAMBOU (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Ugandan medical staff disinfect a desk bearing a poster reading ''Ebola'' at the Entebbe International Airport on August 8, 2014. Uganda said on August 8 a man put in isolation with fever had tested negative for the deadly tropical disease Ebola. The passenger was the first to be tested in east Africa in the current outbreak sweeping west Africa, although Uganda has suffered Ebola outbreaks in the past, most recently in 2012. AFP PHOTO/ISAAC KASAMANI (Photo credit should read ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Ugandan medical staff put on protective clothing as boxes containing face masks and gloves are sitting on a poster reading ''Ebola'' at the International Airport on August 8, 2014, in Entebbe. Uganda said on August 8 a man put in isolation with fever had tested negative for the deadly tropical disease Ebola. The passenger was the first to be tested in east Africa in the current outbreak sweeping west Africa, although Uganda has suffered Ebola outbreaks in the past, most recently in 2012. AFP PHOTO/ISAAC KASAMANI (Photo credit should read ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan with assistant director-general for health security Keiji Fukuda  on August 8, 2014 in Geneva give a press conference following a two-day emergency meeting on west Africa's Ebola epidemic, as the death toll nears 1,000. AFP PHOTO / Alain GROSCLAUDE   (Photo credit should read ALAIN GROSCLAUDE/AFP/Getty Images)
-
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan with assistant director-general for health security Keiji Fukuda  on August 8, 2014 in Geneva give a press conference following a two-day emergency meeting on west Africa's Ebola epidemic, as the death toll nears 1,000. The UN health body said its emergency committee, which includes global medical and policy experts, had declared the deadliest known outbreak of the Ebola virus a 'public health emergency of international concern'. AFP PHOTO / Alain GROSCLAUDE (Photo credit should read ALAIN GROSCLAUDE/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A nurse wears protective clothing as he demonstrates the facilities in place at the Royal Free Hospital in north London on August 6, 2014, in preparation for a patient testing positive for the Ebola virus. The specialised unit allows a team of doctors and nurses to provide care for anyone with the contagious condition. Despite it's high mortality level, Consultant Stephen Mepham advised against panic, stating that the chances of meeting an undiagnosed patient are virtually impossible with next to no chance of catching the virus without exposure to the sufferer's bodily fluids. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A nurse wears protective clothing as he demonstrates the facilities in place at the Royal Free Hospital in north London on August 6, 2014, in preparation for a patient testing positive for the Ebola virus. The specialised unit allows a team of doctors and nurses to provide care for anyone with the contagious condition. Despite it's high mortality level, Consultant Stephen Mepham advised against panic, stating that the chances of meeting an undiagnosed patient are virtually impossible with next to no chance of catching the virus without exposure to the sufferer's bodily fluids. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Members of Women in Peace Building Network (WIPNET) pray on August 6, 2014 on a field not far from the residence of Liberia's president, in Monrovia, to drive away Ebola from Liberia. A Spanish air force plane left on August 6 for Liberia to fly home a 75-year-old Spanish missionary infected with Ebola, the first patient to be returned to Europe in a fast-spreading outbreak of the deadly disease. The death toll of the Ebola epidemic neared 1,000 on August 6 as fears rose that the disease is now taking hold in Africa's most populous nation of Nigeria after a second death among seven confirmed cases in Lagos. The spread of the disease comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) met in an emergency session in Geneva to decide whether to declare an international crisis. AFP PHOTO / ZOOM DOSSO (Photo credit should read ZOOM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Members of Women in Peace Building Network (WIPNET) pray on August 6, 2014 on a field not far from the residence of Liberia's president, in Monrovia, to drive away Ebola from Liberia. A Spanish air force plane left on August 6 for Liberia to fly home a 75-year-old Spanish missionary infected with Ebola, the first patient to be returned to Europe in a fast-spreading outbreak of the deadly disease. The death toll of the Ebola epidemic neared 1,000 on August 6 as fears rose that the disease is now taking hold in Africa's most populous nation of Nigeria after a second death among seven confirmed cases in Lagos. The spread of the disease comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) met in an emergency session in Geneva to decide whether to declare an international crisis. AFP PHOTO / ZOOM DOSSO (Photo credit should read ZOOM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Members of Women in Peace Building Network (WIPNET) pray on August 6, 2014 on a field not far from Liberia's president residency, in Monrovia, to drive away Ebola from Liberia. A Spanish air force plane left on August 6 for Liberia to fly home a 75-year-old Spanish missionary infected with Ebola, the first patient to be returned to Europe in a fast-spreading outbreak of the deadly disease. The death toll of the Ebola epidemic neared 1,000 on August 6 as fears rose that the disease is now taking hold in Africa's most populous nation of Nigeria after a second death among seven confirmed cases in Lagos. The spread of the disease comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) met in an emergency session in Geneva to decide whether to declare an international crisis. AFP PHOTO / ZOOM DOSSO (Photo credit should read ZOOM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A boy walks on July 31, 2014 through an empty class room in a school in Monrovia which has been closed down by the Liberian government like all schools through out the country to protect students from contracting Ebola. Liberia announced on July 30 it was shutting all schools and placing 'non-essential' government workers on 30 days' leave in a bid to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic raging in west Africa. The impoverished country, along with neighbouring Guinea and Sierra Leone, is struggling to contain an epidemic that has infected 1,200 people and left 672 dead across the region since the start of the year. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A picture taken on July 24, 2014 shows a staff member of the Christian charity Samaritan's Purse spraying product as he treats the premises outside the ELWA hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia. An American doctor battling West Africa's Ebola epidemic has himself fallen sick with the disease in Liberia, Samaritan's Purse said on July 27. AFP PHOTO / ZOOM DOSSO (Photo credit should read ZOOM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A picture taken on July 24, 2014 shows staff of the Christian charity Samaritan's Purse putting on protective gear in the ELWA hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia. An American doctor battling West Africa's Ebola epidemic has himself fallen sick with the disease in Liberia, Samaritan's Purse said on July 27. AFP PHOTO / ZOOM DOSSO (Photo credit should read ZOOM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A picture taken on July 24, 2014 shows staff of the Christian charity Samaritan's Purse putting on protective gear in the ELWA hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia. An American doctor battling West Africa's Ebola epidemic has himself fallen sick with the disease in Liberia, Samaritan's Purse said on July 27. AFP PHOTO / ZOOM DOSSO (Photo credit should read ZOOM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A 10-year-old boy walks with a doctor from Christian charity Samaritan's Purse, after being taken out of quarantine and receiving treatment following his mother's death caused by the ebola virus, in the group's Ebola treatment center, at the ELWA hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia, on July 24, 2014. A US doctor battling West Africa's Ebola epidemic has himself fallen sick with the disease in Liberia, Samaritan's Purse said on July 27. AFP PHOTO / ZOOM DOSSO (Photo credit should read ZOOM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A picture taken on June 28, 2014 shows Red Cross staff preparing a body for burial at the isolation ward of the Donka Hospital in Conakry, where people infected with the Ebola virus are being treated. The World Health Organization has warned that Ebola could spread beyond hard-hit Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to neighbouring nations, but insisted that travel bans were not the answer. To date, there have been 635 cases of haemorrhagic fever in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, most confirmed as Ebola. A total of 399 people have died, 280 of them in Guinea. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A picture taken on June 28, 2014 shows a member of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) putting on protective gear at the isolation ward of the Donka Hospital in Conakry, where people infected with the Ebola virus are being treated. The World Health Organization has warned that Ebola could spread beyond hard-hit Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to neighbouring nations, but insisted that travel bans were not the answer. To date, there have been 635 cases of haemorrhagic fever in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, most confirmed as Ebola. A total of 399 people have died, 280 of them in Guinea. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A picture taken on June 28, 2014 shows members of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) putting on protective gear at the isolation ward of the Donka Hospital in Conakry, where people infected with the Ebola virus are being treated. The World Health Organization has warned that Ebola could spread beyond hard-hit Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to neighbouring nations, but insisted that travel bans were not the answer. To date, there have been 635 cases of haemorrhagic fever in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, most confirmed as Ebola. A total of 399 people have died, 280 of them in Guinea. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MOUCTAR BAH AND ZOOM DOSSO A picture taken on June 25, 2014 shows Guinean women washing their hands at the entrance of the Sino-Guinean hospital of Kipe in the Ratoma municipality, where the first person infected with the Ebola virus was treated in Conakry. An epidemic of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa is now 'out of control' with more than 60 outbreak hotspots, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on June 23. After the first reported cases in Guinea at the start of the year, at least 337 people have died from Ebola in the three countries in 2014, according to data released last week by the World Health Organization. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A man drives his motorcycle past the Redemption hospital, on June 23, 2014 in Monrovia. This hospital, where seven people died from Ebola is about to be shutdown by authorities as workers have abandoned the hospital for fear of more deaths from the deadly Ebola virus. The death toll in west Africa's three-nation Ebola outbreak has risen to 337, the World Health Organisation said on June 18, 2014, making it the deadliest ever outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever.AFP PHOTO ZOUM DOSSO (Photo credit should read ZOUM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Health workers speak to relatives of peolpe infected with Ebola at an isolation center at Donka Hospital in Conakry on April 14, 2014. Guinea's Foreign Minister Francois Fall said on April 14 that the west African country had brought the spread of the deadly Ebola virus under control after more than 100 people have died. The outbreak is one of the most deadly, with 168 cases 'clinically compatible' with Ebola virus disease reported, including 108 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest update on April 14. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Health workers walk in an isolation center for people infected with Ebola at Donka Hospital in Conakry on April 14, 2014. Guinea's Foreign Minister Francois Fall said on April 14 that the west African country had brought the spread of the deadly Ebola virus under control after more than 100 people have died. The outbreak is one of the most deadly, with 168 cases 'clinically compatible' with Ebola virus disease reported, including 108 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest update on April 14. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A members of the Guinean Red Cross gives some information to residents during an awareness campaign on the Ebola virus on April 11, 2014 in Conakry. Guinea has been hit by the most severe strain of the virus, known as Zaire Ebola, which has had a fatality rate of up to 90 percent in past outbreaks, and for which there is no vaccine, cure or even specific treatment. The World Health Organization (WHO) has described west Africa's first outbreak among humans as one of the most challenging since the virus emerged in 1976 in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A member of the Guinean Red Cross uses a megaphone to give information concerning the Ebola virus during an awareness campaign on April 11, 2014 in Conakry. Guinea has been hit by the most severe strain of the virus, known as Zaire Ebola, which has had a fatality rate of up to 90 percent in past outbreaks, and for which there is no vaccine, cure or even specific treatment. The World Health Organization (WHO) has described west Africa's first outbreak among humans as one of the most challenging since the virus emerged in 1976 in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Members of the Guinean Red Cross walk during an awareness campaign on the Ebola virus on April 11, 2014 in Conakry. Guinea has been hit by the most severe strain of the virus, known as Zaire Ebola, which has had a fatality rate of up to 90 percent in past outbreaks, and for which there is no vaccine, cure or even specific treatment. The World Health Organization (WHO) has described west Africa's first outbreak among humans as one of the most challenging since the virus emerged in 1976 in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Employees of the sanitary control of Conakry airport check passengers before they leave the country on April 10, 2014. International aid organisations launched a series of emergency measures across west Africa on Thursday in a bid to contain one of the worst ever outbreaks of the deadly Ebola virus, which is threatening every country in the region. The tropical bug is thought to have killed more than 110 people in Guinea and Liberia since January, with suspected cases reported in Mali and Sierra Leone and aid workers warning that vital hygiene products could run out. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A Senegalese hygienist demonstrates how to protect oneself against the Ebola virus on April 8, 2014 at Dakar airport, during a visit of the Senegalese health minister to check the safety measures put in place to fight against the virus' spread in western Africa. West Africa's Ebola outbreak is among the 'most challenging' ever to strike since the disease emerged four decades ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on April 8, as the suspected death toll from the virus hit 111. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A Senegalese hygienist puts a protective suit on as he demonstrates how to protect oneself against the Ebola virus on April 8, 2014 at Dakar airport, during a visit of the Senegalese health minister to check the safety measures put in place to fight against the virus' spread in western Africa. West Africa's Ebola outbreak is among the 'most challenging' ever to strike since the disease emerged four decades ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on April 8, as the suspected death toll from the virus hit 111. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A Senegalese hygienist demonstrates how to protect oneself against the Ebola virus on April 8, 2014 at Dakar airport, during a visit of the Senegalese health minister to check the safety measures put in place to fight against the virus' spread in western Africa. West Africa's Ebola outbreak is among the 'most challenging' ever to strike since the disease emerged four decades ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on April 8, as the suspected death toll from the virus hit 111. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Monia Sayah (Center R), a nurse working with the 'Doctors without Borders' ('Medecin sans frontieres') medical aid organisation, speaks to Guinean hospital staff on April 1, 2014, in Guekedou, during a talk about viral haemorrhagic fever. The viral haemorrhagic fever epidemic raging in Guinea is caused by several viruses which have similar symptoms -- the deadliest and most feared of which is Ebola. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Health specialists work at an isolation ward for patients at the Doctors Without Borders facility in Guékedou, southern Guinea. Guinea's President Alpha Conde warned of a 'health emergency' as authorities raced to contain a spiraling Ebola epidemic which has killed 78 people and prompted neighboring Senegal to close its border. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A health specialist works in a laboratory set up in a tent at an isolation ward for patients at the Doctors Without Borders facility in Guékedou, southern Guinea. Guinea's President Alpha Conde warned of a 'health emergency' as authorities raced to contain a spiraling Ebola epidemic which has killed 78 people and prompted neighboring Senegal to close its border. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Two members of the Guinean Red Cross, in protective gear, arrive on March 31, 2014 to evacuate the bodies of two people who died from the Ebola virus in an isolation ward at the Donka hospital in Conakry, Guinea. Aid organisation Doctors Without Borders said on March 31 an Ebola outbreak suspected of killing at least 78 people in Guinea was an 'unprecedented epidemic' that had spread across the west African nation. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Workers and medical staff listen on March 31, 2014 to a doctor as patients' relatives wait outside the security perimeter at the isolation ward of the Donka hospital in Conakry, Guinea. Aid organisation Doctors Without Borders said on March 31 an Ebola outbreak suspected of killing at least 78 people in Guinea was an 'unprecedented epidemic' that had spread across the west African nation. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A health worker in light protective gear walks on March 31, 2014 in the yard of the isolation ward of the Donka hospital in Conakry, Guinea. Aid organisation Doctors Without Borders said on March 31 an Ebola outbreak suspected of killing at least 78 people in Guinea was an 'unprecedented epidemic' that had spread across the west African nation. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Relatives wait on March 31, 2014 outside the isolation ward of the Donka hospital in Conakry, Guinea. Aid organisation Doctors Without Borders said on March 31 an Ebola outbreak suspected of killing at least 78 people in Guinea was an 'unprecedented epidemic' that had spread across the west African nation. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A general view taken on March 31, 2014 shows the isolation ward of the Donka hospital in Conakry, Guinea. Aid organisation Doctors Without Borders said on March 31 an Ebola outbreak suspected of killing at least 78 people in Guinea was an 'unprecedented epidemic' that had spread across the west African nation. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Doctors in protective gear work on March 31, 2014 inside the medical humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) isolation ward in the southern Guinean town of Gueckedou. Aid organisation Doctors Without Borders said on March 31 an Ebola outbreak suspected of killing dozens in Guinea was an 'unprecedented epidemic' as Liberia confirmed its first cases of the deadly contagion. Guinea's health ministry this year has reported 122 'suspicious cases' of viral haemorrhagic fever, including 78 deaths, with 22 of the samples taken from patients testing positive for the highly contagious tropical pathogen. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Health specialists prepare for work in an isolation ward for patients at the Doctors Without Borders facility in Guékedou, southern Guinea. Guinea's President Alpha Conde warned of a 'health emergency' as authorities raced to contain a spiraling Ebola epidemic which has killed 78 people and prompted neighboring Senegal to close its border. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A health specialist works in a laboratory set up in a tent at an isolation ward for patients at the Doctors Without Borders facility in Guékedou, southern Guinea. Guinea's President Alpha Conde warned of a 'health emergency' as authorities raced to contain a spiraling Ebola epidemic which has killed 78 people and prompted neighboring Senegal to close its border. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Health specialists prepare for work in an isolation ward for patients at the Doctors Without Borders facility in Guékedou, southern Guinea. Guinea's President Alpha Conde warned of a 'health emergency' as authorities raced to contain a spiraling Ebola epidemic which has killed 78 people and prompted neighboring Senegal to close its border. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Health specialists prepare for work in an isolation ward for patients at the Doctors Without Borders facility in Guékedou, southern Guinea. Guinea's President Alpha Conde warned of a 'health emergency' as authorities raced to contain a spiraling Ebola epidemic which has killed 78 people and prompted neighboring Senegal to close its border. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Staff of the 'Doctors without Borders' ('Medecin sans frontieres') medical aid organisation carry the body of a person killed by viral haemorrhagic fever, at a center for victims of the Ebola virus in Guekedou, on April 1, 2014. The viral haemorrhagic fever epidemic raging in Guinea is caused by several viruses which have similar symptoms -- the deadliest and most feared of which is Ebola. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Staff of the 'Doctors without Borders' ('Medecin sans frontieres') medical aid organisation carry the body of a person killed by viral haemorrhagic fever, at a center for victims of the Ebola virus in Guekedou, on April 1, 2014. The viral haemorrhagic fever epidemic raging in Guinea is caused by several viruses which have similar symptoms -- the deadliest and most feared of which is Ebola. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A view of gloves and boots used by medical staff, drying in the sun, at a center for victims of the Ebola virus in Guekedou, on April 1, 2014. The viral haemorrhagic fever epidemic raging in Guinea is caused by several viruses which have similar symptoms -- the deadliest and most feared of which is Ebola. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Staff of the 'Doctors without Borders' ('Medecin sans frontieres') medical aid organisation bury the body of a person killed by viral haemorrhagic fever, at a center for victims of the Ebola virus in Guekedou, on April 1, 2014. The viral haemorrhagic fever epidemic raging in Guinea is caused by several viruses which have similar symptoms -- the deadliest and most feared of which is Ebola. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A medical staff worker of the 'Doctors without Borders' ('Medecin sans frontieres') medical aid organisation is assisted with the disinfecting of his gloves at a center for victims of the Ebola virus in Guekedou, on April 1, 2014. The viral haemorrhagic fever epidemic raging in Guinea is caused by several viruses which have similar symptoms -- the deadliest and most feared of which is Ebola. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
People walk past the sign of a 'maquis,' a small African restaurant which serves bushmeat, in Kobakro, outside Abidjan, on April 8, 2014. The Ministry of Health has asked Ivorians, 'particularly fond of porupine and agouti,' a small rodent, to avoid consuming or handling the meat, as an unprecedented Ebola epidemic hit West Africa, claiming more than 90 lives. The virus can spread to animal primates and humans who handle infected meat -- a risk given the informal trade in 'bushmeat' in forested central and west Africa. AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A Senegalese hygienist puts a protective suit on as he demonstrates how to protect oneself against the Ebola virus on April 8, 2014 at Dakar airport, during a visit of the Senegalese health minister to check the safety measures put in place to fight against the virus' spread in western Africa. West Africa's Ebola outbreak is among the 'most challenging' ever to strike since the disease emerged four decades ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on April 8, as the suspected death toll from the virus hit 111. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A Senegalese hygienist demonstrates how to protect oneself against the Ebola virus on April 8, 2014 at Dakar airport, during a visit of the Senegalese health minister to check the safety measures put in place to fight against the virus' spread in western Africa. West Africa's Ebola outbreak is among the 'most challenging' ever to strike since the disease emerged four decades ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on April 8, as the suspected death toll from the virus hit 111. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Senegal's health minister Awa Marie Coll Seck (3rd L) listens to Alioune Fall (R), chief doctor of Dakar airport, as she visits Dakar airport on April 8, 2014 to check the safety measures put in place to fight against the spread of the Ebola virus in western Africa. West Africa's Ebola outbreak is among the 'most challenging' ever to strike since the disease emerged four decades ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on April 8, as the suspected death toll from the virus hit 111. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A member of the Guinean Red Cross uses a megaphone to give information concerning the Ebola virus during an awareness campaign on April 11, 2014 in Conakry. Guinea has been hit by the most severe strain of the virus, known as Zaire Ebola, which has had a fatality rate of up to 90 percent in past outbreaks, and for which there is no vaccine, cure or even specific treatment. The World Health Organization (WHO) has described west Africa's first outbreak among humans as one of the most challenging since the virus emerged in 1976 in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Members of the Guinean Red Cross walk during an awareness campaign on the Ebola virus on April 11, 2014 in Conakry. Guinea has been hit by the most severe strain of the virus, known as Zaire Ebola, which has had a fatality rate of up to 90 percent in past outbreaks, and for which there is no vaccine, cure or even specific treatment. The World Health Organization (WHO) has described west Africa's first outbreak among humans as one of the most challenging since the virus emerged in 1976 in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Members of the Guinean Red Cross distribute information leaflets during an awareness campaign on the Ebola virus on April 11, 2014 in Conakry. Guinea has been hit by the most severe strain of the virus, known as Zaire Ebola, which has had a fatality rate of up to 90 percent in past outbreaks, and for which there is no vaccine, cure or even specific treatment. The World Health Organization (WHO) has described west Africa's first outbreak among humans as one of the most challenging since the virus emerged in 1976 in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Health workers speak to relatives of peolpe infected with Ebola at an isolation center at Donka Hospital in Conakry on April 14, 2014. Guinea's Foreign Minister Francois Fall said on April 14 that the west African country had brought the spread of the deadly Ebola virus under control after more than 100 people have died. The outbreak is one of the most deadly, with 168 cases 'clinically compatible' with Ebola virus disease reported, including 108 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest update on April 14. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A picture taken on June 28, 2014 shows Red Cross staff preparing a body for burial at the isolation ward of the Donka Hospital in Conakry, where people infected with the Ebola virus are being treated. The World Health Organization has warned that Ebola could spread beyond hard-hit Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to neighbouring nations, but insisted that travel bans were not the answer. To date, there have been 635 cases of haemorrhagic fever in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, most confirmed as Ebola. A total of 399 people have died, 280 of them in Guinea. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MOUCTAR BAH AND ZOOM DOSSO A picture taken on June 25, 2014 shows Guinean women washing their hands at the entrance of the Sino-Guinean hospital of Kipe in the Ratoma municipality, where the first person infected with the Ebola virus was treated in Conakry. An epidemic of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa is now 'out of control' with more than 60 outbreak hotspots, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on June 23. After the first reported cases in Guinea at the start of the year, at least 337 people have died from Ebola in the three countries in 2014, according to data released last week by the World Health Organization. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A picture taken on June 28, 2014 shows members of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) putting on protective gear at the isolation ward of the Donka Hospital in Conakry, where people infected with the Ebola virus are being treated. The World Health Organization has warned that Ebola could spread beyond hard-hit Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to neighbouring nations, but insisted that travel bans were not the answer. To date, there have been 635 cases of haemorrhagic fever in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, most confirmed as Ebola. A total of 399 people have died, 280 of them in Guinea. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A picture taken on June 28, 2014 shows protective boots hanging upside down in the isolation ward of the Donka Hospital in Conakry, where people infected with the Ebola virus are being treated. The World Health Organization has warned that Ebola could spread beyond hard-hit Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to neighbouring nations, but insisted that travel bans were not the answer. To date, there have been 635 cases of haemorrhagic fever in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, most confirmed as Ebola. A total of 399 people have died, 280 of them in Guinea. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
Members of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) wear protective gear at the isolation ward of the Donka Hospital in Conakry on July 23, 2014. A Liberian man has been hospitalised in Lagos with Ebola-like symptoms, but it is not yet clear if he is infected with the killer virus, Nigerian officials said on July 24. A regional centre was set up in Guinea to coordinate the response to the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola that has killed hundreds of people in west Africa, the World Health Organisation said on July 11. AFP PHOTO / CELLOU BINANI (Photo credit should read CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A 10-year-old boy walks with a doctor from Christian charity Samaritan's Purse, after being taken out of quarantine and receiving treatment following his mother's death caused by the ebola virus, in the group's Ebola treatment center, at the ELWA hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia, on July 24, 2014. A US doctor battling West Africa's Ebola epidemic has himself fallen sick with the disease in Liberia, Samaritan's Purse said on July 27. AFP PHOTO / ZOOM DOSSO (Photo credit should read ZOOM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images)
-
A 10-year-old boy receives treatment after being taken out of quarantine following his mother's death caused by the ebola virus, in the Christian charity Samaritan's Purse Ebola treatment center, at the ELWA hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia, on July 24, 2014. A US doctor battling West Africa's Ebola epidemic has himself fallen sick with the disease in Liberia, Samaritan's Purse said on July 27. AFP PHOTO / ZOOM DOSSO (Photo credit should read ZOOM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images)
- エボラ出血熱、死者4000人を超える WHO集計
- エボラ出血熱に感染した犬は殺処分するべき? ソーシャルメディアで大論争に
- エボラ出血熱、アメリカで2人目の感染疑い 1人目は死亡
- 「エボラ出血熱の流行、阻止できる。ただし......」国連調整官が語る
- 【エボラ出血熱】ヨーロッパでの感染拡大、WHO局長「避けられない」
ハフィントンポスト日本版はFacebook ページでも情報発信しています。
ハフィントンポスト日本版はTwitterでも情報発信しています。@HuffPostJapan をフォロー
人気記事
「ハリー・ポッター」に出ていたスターたちの昔と今 ダニエル・ラドクリフ、エマ・ワトソンはこんなに変わった(画像)
金正恩氏の健康問題、臆測広がる 北朝鮮、権力掌握を疑問視する声も
【台風情報】台風19号、次第に速度を上げて西日本と東日本に接近する見込み(関口元朝)
【台風情報】19号接近で大阪駅から人が消える USJも「貸し切り状態」に(画像)
【台風情報】19号、大荒れの中心は今夜は東日本、明日は北日本へ(きむら貴之)
ヴィオラ奏者、演奏中に鳴りひびいた着信音に神対応【動画】
【エボラ出血熱】大流行の国リベリアの悲惨な現実がわかる、胸をえぐられるような写真
あなたはアダルトチルドレン? 子どもの時の家庭環境で分かる陥りやすい恋愛パターンと脱出法
「12才女子の結婚」が福祉国家ノルウェー市民の逆鱗に触れ大騒動に
二重国籍の実態 ノーベル賞中村氏は「日本人」とする安倍首相と「喪失」とする日本大使館
ノルウェーで12歳の少女が37歳の男性と結婚する目的とは
いつもビックリしている猫がいた(画像)
「大好き!」6匹の子犬に愛されすぎるおじさんが羨ましい【動画】
台風19号、スピード増し首都圏の通勤を直撃 各地のピーク時間帯まとめ
MRJってどんな飛行機? 国産初のジェット旅客機が完成
「同じ会社で定年まで勤め上げる」ことは、ただの自己満足です
【台風情報】19号は温帯低気圧に 2人死亡、94人けが(UPDATE)
音楽フェス・ULTRA JAPANに見る「お金を使わせる仕組み」
エボラ出血熱、アメリカ国内で初の2次感染か 死亡患者の医療従事者
「日本のマチュピチュ」竹田城が雲海に包まれる【画像集】
ハフポスト日本版をフォローする
-
-
-
HuffPost
-
HuffPost