US troops fight Ebola in Liberia
- 10 years ago
Soldiers from the U.S. have arrived in the Liberian capital Monrovia to help fight the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
They've already started to build a 25-bed Ebola isolation centre for health care workers infected with the disease, which will be staffed by American medics.
The arrival of U.S. troops is a ray of hope for most Liberians who think the American forces will help wipe out Ebola.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) BANKER FROM MONROVIA, HANS ANDERSON, SAYING:
"The coming of the Americans is a boom to the spread of Ebola. We anticipate that their coming in will eradicate and eliminate this deadly disease from our country."
More than half of the some 3900 people who've died from the outbreak are in Liberia.
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control say its going to be a long fight to prevent this from becoming the world's next AIDS epidemic.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, s
They've already started to build a 25-bed Ebola isolation centre for health care workers infected with the disease, which will be staffed by American medics.
The arrival of U.S. troops is a ray of hope for most Liberians who think the American forces will help wipe out Ebola.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) BANKER FROM MONROVIA, HANS ANDERSON, SAYING:
"The coming of the Americans is a boom to the spread of Ebola. We anticipate that their coming in will eradicate and eliminate this deadly disease from our country."
More than half of the some 3900 people who've died from the outbreak are in Liberia.
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control say its going to be a long fight to prevent this from becoming the world's next AIDS epidemic.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, s