Ebola crisis: WHO accused of 'failure' in early response
LONDON. KAZINFORM Poor communication and incompetent staff meant the World Health Organization failed to react swiftly Ebola outbreak in Africa, reports say.
An internal document said those involved "failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall", according to the Associated Press.
Separately, sources close to the WHO told Bloomberg of multiple failures in the outbreak's early stages.
In response, a senior official told the BBC time would come for an inquiry.
In the worst affected countries - Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone - the Ebola virus has now killed 4,546 people with cases of infection numbering 9,191, according to the latest WHO figures.
'Perfect storm' The reports have brought into focus the way the WHO dealt with the outbreak in the months after it received the first reports of Ebola cases in Guinea in March, BBC News reports.
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned in April that the outbreak was out of control - something disputed by the WHO at the time.