Ebola a ‘disaster of our generation’

LONDON: Aid agency Oxfam said Ebola could become the “definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation,” as US President Barack Obama urged against “hysteria” in the face of the growing crisis.

Oxfam, which works in the two worst-hit countries - Liberia and Sierra Leone - on Saturday called for more troops, funding and medical staff to be sent to tackle the west African epicenter of the epidemic.