West African leaders call for more aid for Ebola at UN
- 10 years ago
The deadly Ebola virus dominated day two of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.
During a high level meeting on the disease, leaders from the affected countries called for an acceleration of international aid to help contain the outbreak.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT ERNEST KOROMA OF SIERRA LEONE VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE SAYING (QUALITY AS INCOMING):
"Ebola is not only a disease of Sierra Leone and its neighbors. It is a disease of the world."
The outbreak has killed nearly 3,000 people in just over six months, including a Spanish priest who died Thursday.
He had contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, where officials have placed three more districts under quarantine.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) SIERRA LEONE PRESIDENT, ERNEST BAI KOROMA, SAYING:
"The isolation of districts and chiefdoms will definitely pose great difficulties for our people in those districts. But the life of everyone and the survival of our country takes precedence over these di
During a high level meeting on the disease, leaders from the affected countries called for an acceleration of international aid to help contain the outbreak.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT ERNEST KOROMA OF SIERRA LEONE VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE SAYING (QUALITY AS INCOMING):
"Ebola is not only a disease of Sierra Leone and its neighbors. It is a disease of the world."
The outbreak has killed nearly 3,000 people in just over six months, including a Spanish priest who died Thursday.
He had contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, where officials have placed three more districts under quarantine.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) SIERRA LEONE PRESIDENT, ERNEST BAI KOROMA, SAYING:
"The isolation of districts and chiefdoms will definitely pose great difficulties for our people in those districts. But the life of everyone and the survival of our country takes precedence over these di