Lessons From Ebola Outbreak Can Aid Fight Against COVID-19

Lessons From Ebola Outbreak Can Aid Fight Against COVID-19
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 file photo, health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo DRC. Jerome Delay / AP Photo
Lessons From Ebola Outbreak Can Aid Fight Against COVID-19
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 file photo, health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo DRC. Jerome Delay / AP Photo

Lessons From Ebola Outbreak Can Aid Fight Against COVID-19

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In our interconnected world, diseases like COVID-19 don’t respect borders, and no country is immune.

Reset takes a look at how lessons learned from the 2014 Ebola outbreak can aid the fight against COVID-19.

GUEST: Gayle Smith, president and CEO of the ONE Campaign, former head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)