Liberia warns Ebola aid 'too slow'
- 10 years ago
This is a new medical centre for Ebola victims under construction in Liberia, the West African country worst affected by the current epidemic.
Its President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says they're glad of international help but it's coming too slowly.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) LIBERIAN PRESIDENT ELLEN SIRLEAF JOHNSON SAYING:
"We just need to see a little bit faster action, that's all. But certainly, in terns of resources, both human and financial as well as material, I think the response is well appreciated and is very good. We would like to speed it up."
Latest figures from the World Health Organisation now put the number of dead at nearly 3,900.
The United Nations Special Envoy on Ebola says it's a World crisis, not just West Africa's.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ENVOY ON EBOLA, DR DAVID NABARRO, SAYING:
"It has the capacity to go anywhere in the world and it has the capacity to cause illness anywhere in the world. That's why it's rea
Its President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says they're glad of international help but it's coming too slowly.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) LIBERIAN PRESIDENT ELLEN SIRLEAF JOHNSON SAYING:
"We just need to see a little bit faster action, that's all. But certainly, in terns of resources, both human and financial as well as material, I think the response is well appreciated and is very good. We would like to speed it up."
Latest figures from the World Health Organisation now put the number of dead at nearly 3,900.
The United Nations Special Envoy on Ebola says it's a World crisis, not just West Africa's.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ENVOY ON EBOLA, DR DAVID NABARRO, SAYING:
"It has the capacity to go anywhere in the world and it has the capacity to cause illness anywhere in the world. That's why it's rea