Obama warns Ebola outbreak could spread, even reach the US if not contained in West Africa
WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama says helping contain the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a U.S. national security priority but it’s going to be a long and difficult task.
He says the American military will be helping set up isolation units and equipment there and providing security for public health workers flocking in from around the world.
But even then, he says “it’s still going to be months before this problem is controllable in Africa.”
Obama spoke on Ebola during a wide-ranging interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” conducted Saturday and broadcast Sunday.
Obama warned that if the virus spreads it could mutate and conceivably reach the United States and become a serious public health issue, although he said “it shouldn’t reach our shores.”
Alwin Marshall-Squire is the Editor-in-Chief of S-Q Publications Inc., overseeing editorial strategy for GTA Weekly, GTA Today, and Vision Newspaper. He leads the publications’ mission to deliver bold, original journalism focused on the people and communities of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and the global Caribbean diaspora.
Also writes for GTA Weekly and GTA Today.
