Obama to Ramp Up U.S. Response to Ebola With Military Mission
The United States will ramp up its response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa with plans to build 17 treatment centers, train thousands of healthcare workers, and establish a military control center for coordination, U.S. officials said.
The plan will be unveiled by President Barack Obama on Tuesday, senior administration officials told reporters.
Obama, who has called the epidemic a national security crisis, has faced criticism for not doing more to stem the outbreak, which the World Health Organization (WHO) said last week had killed more than 2,400 people out of 4,784 cases in West Africa.
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