美国向利比里亚派兵对抗埃博拉病毒US President Barack Obama is to announce plans on Tuesday to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help fight the Ebola virus, US officials say.美国总统奥巴马周二宣布计划向利比里亚派遣 3000 名士兵帮助对抗埃博拉病毒。 It is understood the US military will oversee1 building new treatment centres and help train medical staff. There has been criticism of the slow international response to the Ebola epidemic2 in West Africa. Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea are the worst-hit countries. The outbreak has killed more than 2,400 people. More than half of those killed by the virus have been in Liberia. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned recently that the country could see thousands of more cases. US officials said the aim of the country's anti-Ebola initiative is to: Train up to 500 healthcare workers a week Construct 17 heathcare facilities, each with about 100 beds Establish a joint3 command based in Monrovia, Liberia, to co-ordinate between US and international relief efforts Distribute home healthcare kits4 to thousands of households Conduct a home and community-based campaign to train local people in how to handle patients Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has appealed directly to Mr Obama for help in tackling the outbreak. Several disease experts have welcomed the US plan, though some also question its focus on Liberia. "We should see all of West Africa now as one big outbreak," says Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, quoted in The New York Times. "It's very clear we have to deal with all the areas with Ebola." On Monday, Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama said greater and faster ...
