Keep coordination and healthcare flowing after a disaster, can happen between the government and the private sector. The stateadvised department during the ebola crisis. What are the parallels from back in 2014, 2015 . Guest yes, i think one of the most important lessons from the Ebola Outbreak was the role of partnerships. A big part of the responsibility that our team had was to make sure that the u. S. State department was working with the who and working with the u. S. Agency on the coronation that needed to happen across government, with businesses, to make sure that the west african outbreak could be contained, and that whatever we could do to make sure that the logistics were able to flow could sustain, and i think that is a big part of what we see. Every disaster, every disease outbreak is a huge logistical effort, and so making sure that we have our best on working with fema and others, to be able to do that but also that whatever is necessary from the private sector, private
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Announcer new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. 7 00 on this sunday. Thank you for being with us. Talking, of course, about the coronavirus, its expansion and the disruptive changes were seeing on a global scale. Americans returning from europe are finding chaos at airports. Hourslong delays. Look at these lines. Goodness. Waiting to go through customs and Health Screenings and thats raising serious kearns aboconce hundreds of passengers crowded close together. This aint social distancing obviously. Are they being exposed . Starting the a midnight restrictions include the uk and ireland. Domestic restrictions also being considered. And in europe, france closing all nonessential businesses such as restaurants. Spain ordering people to stay in their homes and the vatican canceling public easter events. Good news, though, on the front of the health of the president. President trump says he has tested negative for the virus. But he came in contact with two people who test
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Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following breaking news. New restrictions for Health Care Workers who treated Thomas Eric Duncan, the liberian man with the first case of ebola diagnosed here in the United States. State officials are asking dozens of staff at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital to sign an agreement stating theyll avoid commercial travel and public gatherings for 21 days, thats the maximum incubation period of the ebola virus. And a top Dallas Health official who was at duncans bedside is now being monitored himself for symptoms of ebola. Were covering all angles of the breaking news with our correspondents, our guests, including congressman peter king, a member of the House Homeland Security committee. Lets begin with our aviation correspondent rene marsh. She has much more on the growing fear about possible exposure to the ebola virus. Whats the latest . Wolf, the cdc and Frontier Airlines are working the phones notifying hundreds of passengers on vin