NEWS: 'War' on Ebola could take 6 more months

Freetown - The UN's Ebola envoy said on Monday the fight against the epidemic was a "war" which could take six more months, as its global health body claimed the disease was affecting an "unprecedented" number of medical staff.

David Nabarro, a British physician the United Nations appointed to co-ordinate the global response to the crisis, was in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown for the fifth day of a tour of the region.

"The effort to defeat Ebola is not a battle but a war which requires everybody working together, hard and effectively," he told a news conference.

"I hope it will be done in six months but we have to do it until it is completed."

The UN officials have pledged to step up efforts against the lethal tropical virus, which has infected more than 2 600 and killed 1 427 since the start of the year.

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