UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Ebola crisis

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency session on the Ebola outbreak on Thursday, September 18.

Due to the increasingly grim situation, particularly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea the United States has requested an emergency meeting of the Security Council.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the Security Council will be informed about the virus situation.

The Security Council announced earlier of its decision to extend the stay of the four thousand six hundred and nineteen persons on UN Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia until the end of the year, despite the raving virus.

According a resolution passed yesterday, the situation in Liberia continues to threaten international peace and security in the region.

The Ebola virus mortality rate currently stands at 53 percent.

There is no officially approved medication for the disease, and experts claim prevention is the only cure.

Several countries, including Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan are currently working on developing Ebola vaccines.

Source: Ria Novosti