By Chrysanthus Ikeh
Time magazine has named brave Ebola fighters all over the world as the magazine’s Person of the Year.
In a post in the influential magazine’s website, editor of the magazine, Nancy Gibbs explained why Ebola fighters who have been combating the disease in affected countries as the magazine’s choice for Person of the Year.
‘Ebola is a war, and a warning. The global health system is nowhere close to strong enough to keep us safe from infectious disease, and ‘us’ means everyone, not just those in faraway places where this is one threat among many that claim lives every day.’
‘The rest of the world can sleep at night because a group of men and women are willing to stand and fight. For tireless acts of courage and mercy, for buying the world time to boost its defenses, for risking, for persisting, for sacrificing and saving, the Ebola fighters are TIME’s 2014 Person of the Year.’
Since the outbreak of the Ebola virus, over 4,877 people have died in 2014 so far with several more stricken with the virus.
