Obama Appoints Overseer To Fight Deadly Virus

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October 18, 2014 10:56 AM

President Barack Obama has appointed an Ebola "czar" to spearhead efforts against the disease in the US

Efforts against Ebola in the US will now be spearheaded by former White House adviser, Ron Klain, President Barack Obama announced on Friday, October 18.

Klain is a lawyer who has served as chief of staff to former Vice President, Al Gore and current VP, Joe Biden.

The president also named other senior officials to intensify the government’s response to the disease in Texas, where the first case in the US was reported.

The appointment of Klain as the “Ebola czar” has however been questioned due to the fact that he has no medical experience.

US lawmakers have also urged Obama to stop flights from affected countries in order to stop the disease and the president has been severely criticized by billionaire, Donald Trump for not doing so.

Experts have however said that stopping flights is not the way to curb the spread of the disease as it will only result in the affected countries being cut off.

Ebola has killed almost 4500 people with Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea suffering the worst hits.

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