BBC | "Ebola death toll eclipses 4,000 in DR Congo"
The BBC interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the Department of Epidemiology, about the status of the current Ebola outbreak in Central Africa.
The BBC interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the Department of Epidemiology and the Gordon–Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about the status of the current Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, following an announcement by authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that the death toll has surpassed 4,000.
"Well, you know, when you see numbers like this, they aren't just numbers; what they're telling you are people are not actually getting into treatment centers,” said Dr. Anne Rimoin, associate dean for global health and professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. "They're not being quarantined, they're not being isolated, and these cases are continuing to compound. We're chasing far, far behind this outbreak.”
