Ebola crisis grows: a 56-year-old Sudanese UN employee died of the virus in a hospital in Leipzig, Germany, where he had been hospitalized since last Thursday following his transfer from Liberia on a special plane for patients suffering from contagious diseases, he was hospitalized last Thursday. The announcement of his death was made by the Sankt Georg hospital where the man was being treated.
But the bad news about the virus that is frightening the world does not end there: at least 70 Texas Health Presbyterian staff members are reportedly involved in the treatment of Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian patient who died a few days in the US. After the infection of the nurse Nina Pham she fears for their health.
Barak Obama and Francois Francois Hollande have tried to take stock of the situation, to try to coordinate efforts to stop the contagion. During their long conversation, the two leaders agreed on the need to "establish disease treatment centers in African countries affected by Ebola and do everything to save the lives of people infected by the virus" and discussed further measures of safety.
