Obama calls on the US Congress to allocate a fund of six billion dollars in the fight against Ebola before the Christmas holidays. Visiting the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Maryland, the president said his plan presented last month was still valid, even if the cameras were not trained on the epidemic raging in Africa West.
"Each case is an ember which, if not contained, may cause another fire. We can not lower our guard for a single minute. We can not just fight against this epidemic, we must turn it off. We can not defeat Ebola without more money. If we want other countries continue to mobilize, we must continue to show the way, "he said yesterday at a press briefing.
The fund would include accelerated testing of the vaccine being jointly developed by the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health. According to the latest report of the World Health Organization (WHO), the virus has killed more than 6,000 dead, over 17 000 people infected in West Africa, especially in Liberia.
