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STORY: UN / EBOLA RESTRICTIONS
TRT: 1.14
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 27 OCTOBER 2014, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
27 OCTOBER 2014, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, UN spokesperson walking to podium
3. Med shot, presser
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General is concerned by the recent restrictions put in place in several countries and localities applying to people who have travelled to the main Ebola-affected countries. He believes that these restrictions have put particular pressure on health care workers and those who have been on the frontline of the Ebola response. Returning health workers are exceptional people who are giving of themselves for humanity. They should not be subjected to restrictions that are not based on science. Those who develop infections should be supported, not stigmatized.”
5. Med shot, presser
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General reiterates that the best way for any country to protect itself from Ebola is to stop the outbreak at its source in West Africa. This requires considerable international health care worker support and in return for this support, we have an obligation to look after them.”
7. Wide shot, briefing room
A UN Spokesperson said the Secretary-General is concerned by the recent restrictions put in place in several countries and localities applying to people who have travelled to the main Ebola-affected countries.
Speaking to reports in New York today (27 Oct), Stephane Dujarric said Ban Ki-moon “believes that these restrictions have put particular pressure on health care workers and those who have been on the frontline of the Ebola response.”
In a statement Ban noted that returning health workers are exceptional people who are giving of themselves for humanity, adding that “they should not be subjected to restrictions that are not based on science. Those who develop infections should be supported, not stigmatized.”
The Secretary-General reiterated that the best way for any country to protect itself from Ebola is to stop the outbreak at its source in West Africa, and that requires considerable international health care worker support.
In the statement Ban added “in return for this support, we have an obligation to look after them.”
According to the latest figures from the World Health Organization, a total of 450 health-care workers are known to have been infected with Ebola and a total of 244 have died.
This weekend, a UN aircraft has flown one metric ton of critical medical supplies on behalf of the World Health Organization (WHO) to the Malian capital of Bamako after the first case of Ebola was identified in the country. Supplies included personnel protection equipment kits, gloves, face shields and buckets.
And another UN aircraft will arrive in Accra today, carrying essential satellite communications equipment. The equipment was picked up from Juba, South Sudan this weekend and will be flown to Conakry, in Guinea.
