Ebola rapidly gaining grounds in the world The UN Ebola Mission Chief, Anthony Banbury says the world is falling behind in the race to contain the virus, with thousands of new cases predicted by December. He said the epidemic is running faster than efforts put in place to contain it. Meanwhile, more questions are being asked in the US about how a nurse in Texas became infected with the virus. The WHO says about four thousand 400 people have died from the outbreak, mainly in West Africa. Source: BBC