Looking at one facility or multiple facilities or where the facilities will be, that is a critical issue for us to determine in the coming days. Treatment centers are important to support. Treatment centers as you point out are very important to support. I was speaking with the american from sierra leone and speaking about simple things like giving them cell phones to talk to their family or things that they can do while there was very important. And if patients dont believe that they will be well treated in the Treatment Centers they wont come in and may continue to spread it in the communities. Good quality care is important. In terms of testing you are absolutely correct. As you know, mr. Chairman, with support from the c. D. C. Has represented crowiate the african sew tiety for laboratory and that has for the First Time Ever had high Quality Laboratories established all over africa. The countries have not been the focus countries so they have limited activities in the a area scalin
Or was discovered in 1976 and has killed 90 of its victims in some past outbreaks. Since march of this year, there have been more than 1700 cases of ebola, including more than 900 fatalities in guinea, liberia, sierra leone, and nigeria. This time, the average fertility rate in this outbreak is fromated at 55 , ranging 74 in guinea 242 in sierra leone. Ratessparity in mortality are partially linked to the capacity of governments to treat and contain the disease and Capita Health expending by effective governments. There is also concern giving given modern air travel and the latency time of the disease that the virus will jump borders and threat lies elsewhere in africa and even here in the United States. ,n my own state of new jersey and a hospital just a few hundred yards from my district office, precautions were taken. A person who had traveled from west africa Begin Manifesting symptoms including a high fever. He was put in isolation. Thankfully it was not ebola and the patient has
So there is a lot of need to exchange information. And the announcement that my colleague is going to talk about not only for the ability to improve patient care but also to begin to study the effect of the countries. So, we do hope it would be possible to conduct the trial in the coming months. We have already begun discussions with all of the developers about how hey could do that. They are at the earliest stages of development. There is no impetus to manufacture it in that large scale. This constrains options for doing large scale products right now and to widebly distribute a product that is investigational. And also to be able to establish the needs of safety. To do that, we need to do a clinical trial. It seem like a daunting, daunting endeavor. The announcement by the president is really very critical. Not only to taking care of, for the ability to improve patient care but also to be able to begin to study these products in the affected countries. We do hope that it will be poss
Tweet me or hit me up at facebook drought come. The fall out for burger king to tie out tim hortons is brewing into a Public Relations nightmare. Dick durbin blasted the 11. 4 billion deal. He said today how disappointed he is in, quote, burger kings decision to renounce its american citizenship. Billionaire investor warren buffet whose company is financing part of the deal is now in damage control over the tax breaks that burger king will get by becoming a canadian company. Buffet, as you recall, is famous for calling on americas wealthy to pay their fair share to your honor sam. His participation in this deal puts him in a wal awkward position. Burger king is the latest of a company who purchases a foreign firm and then moves into its headquarters. They continue to operate in america but by doing so they take advantage of lower tax rates outside of the United States. Burger king denies that this deal is about denying uncle sam its due. It says hes merging with tim horton because its
Reef threatened by human destruction. But first, we start with breaking news out of nigeria. Thats where a female suicide bomber has blown herself up. The attack happened in a crowded market in borno state. Were working on getting more on that attack that took place in nigeria, and well bring it to you. An Egyptian Court has granted bail to two al jazeera journalists. Mohammed fahmy, and Baher Mohamed have been detained for 411 days in a cairo prison. They are accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. Charges they and al jazeera deny. Their colleague, australian peter greste was freed and deported on february 1st. And the trial will resume on february 23rdrd. Reporter this could be the beginning of the end of an ordeal that lasted for more than 400 days. Al jazeeras bureau chief, Mohammed Fahmy and producer Baher Mohamed, have been granted bail at the start of their retrial. [ applause ] reporter Mohammed Fahmy was asked to pay a security bond of around 33,000. Well ab