Ebola fight will be long and hard – CDC Director I am guardedly confident that in the coming weeks we will see a significant decrease in the number of cases but I am also certain that the fight is going to be long and hard to get to zero. Am also certain that it is essential that we will fight and win that fight.” This statement was made by Dr. Tom Frieden the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Director (CDC). During a press briefing at the Raddison Blu Hotel yesterday, the CDC Director said “I can’t predict what the future will bring, I can’t predict when cases will come down but I can say that given the effort you are undertaking we will expect to see a significant decrease in the cases within several weeks, we can be certain but we do know that if we come together and work together to rapidly isolate people who have fever, to test them, to identify contacts and trace those contacts, cases should come down substantially. To say that it will likely get better within several weeks is not to say that it will get all better within several weeks because while I am reasonably confident that you will see a significant decrease in the Western District within several weeks I’m also completely certain that it will take a long time and much hard work for it to get better.” After three months of visits to the three country’s hardest hit by the disease; Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the CDC Director stated that in Sierra Leone “there has been an increase, the number of cases has risen, the number of health personnel that has become infected and died has risen and the overall death and spread of the disease has continued.” awoko.org/2014/12/18/sierra-leone-news-ebola-fight-will-be-long-and-hard-cdc-dir/
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