And finally, TIME Magazine has named its 2014
"Person of the Year."
But Paul, it looks like instead of just honoring
a single individual,...TIME has decided to
highlight the ongoing struggle against one
of the worst health crises that the world
is facing.
That′s right.
The American news weekly on Wednesday chose
to honor the hundreds of people who have risked
their lives to fight Ebola in West Africa
the deadliest outbreak of its kind on record.
TIME applauded the work of foreign medical
personnel, local hospital staff,... ambulance
drivers and even burial teams.
The magazine said it was their tireless acts
of courage and mercy that helped buy the world
time to boost it defences against the deadly
virus.
"This year the Time Person of the Year are
the Ebola caregivers.
We really came to that decision because this
is a major health crisis that struck not just
West Africa, but it was a threat to the entire
world and was something that in the summer
and even early fall was really in danger of
becoming out of control.
It was only slowed down by the bravery of
doctors and nurses."
The latest tally by the World Health Organization
showed nearly 18-thousand reported cases of
Ebola,... mostly in Sierra Leone, Liberia,
and Guinea.
This as the current fatality rate is estimated
to be about 70 percent of all cases.
Chery.
All right Paul,... thanks for those updates.
We′ll see you back... in just about two
hours.
