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
As low as 2. 44 or 2. 43 last week. Lets take a look at europe. You can see the marks overseas not too bad, a little more red on the screen. The china pmi released saturday night, people seemed to think that was positive. The nikkei in japan is up 2 . Sent the bonds down a little bit. Hence the yield back a little bit above 2. 50. Let as get to our road map the dow s p finishing may at record closing highs. The nasdaq outperforming both last month and stocks continue the upward momentum through june. After striking a deal to buy beatz the watch is on to see what apple will do for itsen core. Carl is live from San Francisco, hell have the lowdown. Carl icahn, Phil Mickleson and Billy Walters are reportedly subjects of an Insider Trading investigation and icahn is speaking out. Well have the latest on that coming up. We enter june with the dow and s p at record closing highs and four months winning streak. The nasdaq has a 3 gain that it posts in may this week, in fact the markets will b
Ground in massachusetts. Andrew, over to you. Thank you, beck. Its a horrible story. Earlier he spent 88 million buying out the other half of the philadelphia inquirer. His son will now join the board, but other Corporate News this morning. Apple kicking off the Worldwide Developers conference happening today in San Francisco. Ceo tim cook promised the company will enter new product categories this year. Thats what hes been telling everybody. Among the announcements expected from apple are this. Details on the new operating systems because theres ios for the iphone and ipads along with the mac and what that is going to look like. We will also hear applications with a lot of news reports that the applications may let the iphone or ipad control parts of your house like thermostats, appliances and security systems. So well see what happens. A lot of people are looking forward to that. And General Motors could have a recall issued this week after details are released gm will disclose new s
And ann b. Davis dice at the age of 88. Tributes pouring in from fans around the world. Well talk to one of her costars monday, june 2nd, 2014. From nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on monday morning. Boy. Alice. Known by one name, people just loved her. Were going to talk with Barry Williams also known as greg brady. We look forward to that. Right to todays top story. A controversial prisoner swap that secured the release of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. She beginning what the military calls the reintegration process at a facility in germany while questions grow about the circumstances of his release. Lets get to nbcs chief correspondent. Richard, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. U. S. Military officials i have spoken to are delighted bergdahl was recovered but frankly, there is a lot of anger too. Five years ago bergdahl wandered off of his base in eastern afghanista