PRESIDENT Obama plans to unveil today an expanded the United States
response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the worst outbreak of the
disease in history.
According to ABC News, Obama, who has called the outbreak a national
security priority, will outline new steps to address the crisis during a
visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
According to senior administration officials, the ramped up military
effort centers on command and control, logistics, training and
engineering support.
With
the new measures the United States is significantly ramping up its
response, and the next steps will focus on command and control,
logistics, training and engineering support.
They include: Creating a joint force command headquarters in
Monrovia, Liberia. By end of the week, the U.S. will have general
officer in place to lead the effort, known as "Operation United
Assistance."
•Providing engineers to build treatment units. Up to 17 separate facilities with 100 beds each.
•Training support for health care workers, up to 500 health care
workers per week, for as long as needed (although budgeting plans for a
six-month period). Training will come from U.S. military medical
personnel. The administration hopes to have force on the ground in a
couple of weeks. After this scaling up is done, the expectation is for
there to be up to 3,000 Defense Department personnel on the ground in
support of the joint force command.
•Working to boost a messaging
campaign to train households on how to protect themselves and help
family members that may present symptoms.
To pay for the mission, the administration is asking for $88 million
be added to the CR; $175 million has already been dedicated. The Defense
Department has requested the reprogramming of $500 million in
unobligated funds to be put towards the Ebola response.
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