Ebola could become airborne, UN warns

The head of the UN’s ebola mission has said aid workers are battling against time to stop the ebola virus from mutating and possibly become airborne.

Anthony Banbury, the Secretary General’s Special Representative, said the nightmare scenario could become reality if the disease was not brought under control swiftly.

“The longer it moves around in human hosts in the virulent melting pot that is West Africa, the more chances increase that it could mutate,” he said. “It is a nightmare scenario, and unlikely, but it can’t be ruled out.”