Red Cross urges vigilance to avert holiday spike in Ebola cases
LONDON (Reuters) – The Red Cross warned on Thursday of a possible rise in the rate of Ebola infections in West Africa as people travel across the region during the festive holidays. Urging people to take extra care to limit the spread of the virus, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Secretary General Elhadj As Sy said increasing rates were not inevitable but a real risk. "Now is the time to be even more vigilant," he told an audience at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. …
