The Worlds Health Organization Says ebola is still spreading in west africa. The latest account puts the official number of dead at 3400. In the u. S. , the threat of ebola continues to grow. Todays, more from dallas, his condition has taken a turn for the worse. For an update action live to diana sorok outside of dallas Presbyterian Hospital where he is being treated. What are Health Officials there saying . Reporter . Richelle, they are saying thomas duncans condition has been downgraded from serious to critical. We have a call out to the hospital to get more information about that. We have not heard back yet from them. Yesterday, you may recall, hazmat team went into the apartment he had been staying at. They cleaned that apartment. They took several items, several personal items, towels, linens and put them in containers. They were sealed and carried away. The family has been moved to another location in dallas. They are staying in a private home. They are still under quarantine. C
Because of the ebola virus is so deadly earlier outbreaks were kind of self limiting. The disease would flareup in a rural village. Almost all the sufferers would die and the virus did not leave any distance to large communities. But this time its different. The reassuring prescriptions of last month have not been equal to stopping the spread, stopping the suffering and the dying. Now soldiers are preventing people from moving from place to place. The disease is spreading in dense urban areas. Unaffected countries in west africa are trying to seal themselves off. An escalating struggle against a threatening disease is the inside story. Reporter west africas Ebola Outbreak is the largest every. And with no known cure or vaccine officials are shifting their focus to the strategy of containment. South africa has closed its borders to certain travelers thursday. South africa is the first africa country that doesnt border the infection zone oppose the travelrelated restrictioned. The hardes
Because of the ebola virus is so deadly earlier outbreaks were kind of self limiting. The disease would flareup in a rural village. Almost all the sufferers would die and the virus did not leave any distance to large communities. But this time its different. The reassuring prescriptions of last month have not been equal to stopping the spread, stopping the suffering and the dying. Now soldiers are preventing people from moving from place to place. The disease is spreading in dense urban areas. Unaffected countries in west africa are trying to seal themselves off. An escalating struggle against a threatening disease is the inside story. Reporter west africas Ebola Outbreak is the largest every. And with no known cure or vaccine officials are shifting their focus to the strategy of containment. South africa has closed its borders to certain travelers thursday. South africa is the first africa country that doesnt border the infection zone oppose the travelrelated restrictioned. The hardes
Pope francis give praise i in the famous blue mosqu. Plus, a relic of colonialism. We exact the importance of the francophonie submit taking place in senegal. Lets begin in egypt where a court has thrown out the murder charge against former president Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak was accused of conspiring to kill protesters in 2011. More than 800 people died in the violence. We have the report. [applause] reporter it was called the trial of the century, and it ended with a controversial verdict, one that supporters of the deposed president celebrated. Three years after he was forced out of office, mubarak saw the case against him thrown out by the presiding judge. Mubarak had been judged with conspiring to kill protesters in january 2011. It is not suitable for a former president to be taken to a criminal court according to the terms and conditions of the criminal law or to consider the things within his political responsibilities even those crimes mentioned in the accusation lists. The court
Ittle more than a month after president obama announced a historic diplomatic reboot with cuba and lifting restrictions on americans travelling to the nation, 8 senators and 4 democrats and 4 republicans introduced legislation to go to cuba and this is the first on the trade with cuba and president obama eased some restrictions last month it takes an act to lift the full embargo in place for 50 years, any bill that eases or lifts embargo faces stiff opposition from many lawmakers. Meanwhile cuban president castro is sounding his own opposition to a more normal relationship with the United States so long as america quote blockade stays in place. He also renewed longstanding demands that the u. S. Evacuate the Guantanamo Navel base on the eastern coast of the islands and u. S. Leased the 45 square mile air from cuba since the early 20th century but since 1959 the communist government called the u. S. Presence there illegal under International Law because cuba insists the u. S. Base was i