Declan Walsh
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But he was also more broadly angry
angry at the international response system towards Ebola, he turned around to me at one point and he said, here we are in Mangualu, in the town where the epidemic started, where there are the highest number of cases, and yet this is the best we can do.
Now, it's important to say that there is aid coming into this area.
In the capital, Bunja, where I'm currently speaking from, there is an airport where planes are coming in, bringing supplies, much-needed supplies.
There are other treatment centers being set up as well.
But the challenge is, because data is so sparse, we don't really know the extent of this outbreak, how deep or how far it has spread inside the population.
We don't really know if these facilities are going to be enough because the aid effort is so far behind the curve, it's not even keeping pace with this outbreak as of now.
I found something.
What did you find?
The place.
I'm going to come back here with proof.
The head of the WHO has been here the last couple of days, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus.
There are, you know, aid agencies are present here.
There's certainly some supplies coming in.
I was at the opening of a new isolation ward in the city this morning.
But up there in those rural areas where the greatest number of cases are found, for a whole combination of factors, very little aid has reached there so far.
This outbreak is thought to have started probably six weeks, maybe two months ago, but was only discovered and declared two weeks ago.
So the entire effort is far behind the curve, which means there's very little reliable data about how much it has spread.
Very little aid has reached there so far.
And, you know, they're in a crisis situation, which, of course, is bad, terrible news for the people who are already sick.