World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director General Bruce Aylward holds up a document during a press briefing on WHO's strategy to combat Ebola, at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva August 28, 2014. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy
GENEVA/LAGOS (Reuters) - The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could infect over 20,000 people and spread to more countries, the U.N. health agency said on Thursday, warning that an international effort costing almost half a billion dollars is needed to overcome the outbreak.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced a $490 million strategic plan to contain the epidemic over the next nine months, saying it was based on a projection that the virus could spread to 10 further countries beyond the four now affected - Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
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