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Declan Walsh

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214 total appearances

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The Headlines
Inside an Ebola Ward, and a Roadblock for Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund

But he was also more broadly angry

The Headlines
Inside an Ebola Ward, and a Roadblock for Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund

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.

The Headlines
Inside an Ebola Ward, and a Roadblock for Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund

Now, it's important to say that there is aid coming into this area.

The Headlines
Inside an Ebola Ward, and a Roadblock for Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund

In the capital, Bunja, where I'm currently speaking from, there is an airport where planes are coming in, bringing supplies, much-needed supplies.

The Headlines
Inside an Ebola Ward, and a Roadblock for Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund

There are other treatment centers being set up as well.

The Headlines
Inside an Ebola Ward, and a Roadblock for Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund

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.

The Headlines
Inside an Ebola Ward, and a Roadblock for Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund

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.

The Headlines
Inside an Ebola Ward, and a Roadblock for Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund

I found something.

The Headlines
Inside an Ebola Ward, and a Roadblock for Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund

What did you find?

The Headlines
Inside an Ebola Ward, and a Roadblock for Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund

The place.

The Headlines
Inside an Ebola Ward, and a Roadblock for Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund

I'm going to come back here with proof.

Bloomberg News Now
Oil Moves Higher, US-Iran Trade Drafts of Deal, More

The head of the WHO has been here the last couple of days, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus.

Bloomberg News Now
Oil Moves Higher, US-Iran Trade Drafts of Deal, More

There are, you know, aid agencies are present here.

Bloomberg News Now
Oil Moves Higher, US-Iran Trade Drafts of Deal, More

There's certainly some supplies coming in.

Bloomberg News Now
Oil Moves Higher, US-Iran Trade Drafts of Deal, More

I was at the opening of a new isolation ward in the city this morning.

Bloomberg News Now
Oil Moves Higher, US-Iran Trade Drafts of Deal, More

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.

Bloomberg News Now
US-Iran Trade Drafts of Deal, Israel's Lebanon Offensive, More

This outbreak is thought to have started probably six weeks, maybe two months ago, but was only discovered and declared two weeks ago.

Bloomberg News Now
US-Iran Trade Drafts of Deal, Israel's Lebanon Offensive, More

So the entire effort is far behind the curve, which means there's very little reliable data about how much it has spread.

Bloomberg News Now
Israel Expands Lebanon Strikes, Trump Wants Iran Deal Edits, More

Very little aid has reached there so far.

Bloomberg News Now
Israel Expands Lebanon Strikes, Trump Wants Iran Deal Edits, More

And, you know, they're in a crisis situation, which, of course, is bad, terrible news for the people who are already sick.