‘Disaster of our generation’

The British-based charity, which is working in Liberia and Sierra Leone, is calling for more troops and funding in the worst-hit areas. Chief executive Mark Goldring:

We cannot allow Ebola to immobilise us in fear, but… countries that have failed to commit troops, doctors and enough funding are in danger of costing lives.

Oxfam spokesman at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg:

The Ebola crisis could become the definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation