Dr Adaora Okoli: Coronavirus spread shows no lessons learned from ebola outbreak

A lack of early funding saw nearly 12,000 people die during the ebola outbreak. Now history seems to be repeating itself, but on a much larger scale, says ebola survivor Dr Adaora Okoli

Six years ago, the ebola virus ravaged West Africa. While ebola is deadly and highly contagious, the economic and human costs could have been far lower if the international community had provided the needed support without delay.