Even with the current cooperative mechanisms in place, the region cannot let its guard down against this grave threat to global health security.
WITH the Ebola epidemic in West Africa showing no signs of being effectively contained, and the latest news of a healthcare worker infected with the Ebola virus in the United States, prospects of the deadly disease hitting Asia can no longer be excluded. Anthony Banbury, chief of the United Nations’ emergency Ebola mission has warned that the Ebola virus is “far ahead of us and every day the situation gets worse”. Against this scenario, how can Asia prepare itself?