More Than One Million People Affected By Ebola Outbreak: WHO

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chaired a UN system-wide coordination on Ebola and stressed the need for the entire UN system to support the WHO's efforts in combatting the outbreak.

Chan said the outbreak has placed every city with an international airport at risk of an imported case.

"Decisions to seal off the hot zone of disease transmission, that is, the area where the borders of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone intersect, are critical for stopping the reinfection of areas via the cross-border movement of people," she said.

Chan said that the isolation of the zone most affected by the outbreak has made it even more difficult for agencies, like MSF (Doctors without Borders), to bring in staff and supplies.

"The outbreak is unprecedented in its size, severity, and complexity. Cases are occurring in remote rural areas that are difficult to access, but also in capital cities," she said.

She also expressed concern over the "unprecedented" number of health-care workers who have been infected by the virus.

So far, nearly 170 health-care workers have been infected and more than 80 have died.

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