margaret chen also raised 9 possibility of potential state failure referring to the three affected nations in west africa. and she says the outbreak shows the world is ill prepared to respond to this kind of public health emergency. now many nations are trying to catch up in terms of preparedness. that's not just happening at hospitals and clinics. authorities at a handful of u.s. airports are doing temperature checks and quizzing passengers who arrive from the affected west african nations and those in britain will start enhanced screenings on tuesday at heathrow airport. craig dale, nhk world. >>> and the japanese government is also taking precautions. cabinet ministers have approved a bill to give local officials more authority to prevent the spread of ebola and other infectious diseases. it allows special officials to take blood and urine samples from people without their consent or that of medical institutions. this move will target people suspected of being infected with ebola, bird flu or other dangerous diseases. >>> the japanese government is doing more to help municipalities prep

i just spoke with margaret chen. she calls me whenever she needs to tell me anything. she called me to tell me a couple things. first, they had a very successful meeting on vaccines. because there are several vexing candidates. let me stress that there is no proven vaccine. into thinkinglled a vaccine will solve the problem. we would need health workers to administer them. was notone thing that clear is how a vaccine trial would be worked out. just yesterday, they had a meeting with the u.s.-u.k. officials from the private sector and they worked that out. so things are moving day today. she just told me that one of the big issues -- how do you pay health workers? they're working on electronic payments for health workers. all this tells you that the speed and the momentum of the response is growing. but what she told me this morning and what still remains true is that we do not have enough health workers and we are not quite sure where they're going to come from. >> my guess is you're going to get asked about the u.s. aspect by other people, celeb me ask you something t

so i think it is really, as i said, margaret chen this morning called me at 6:15, by the way, to tell me that one of the things they are trying to do is to put electronic payment systems in place. we know there are great examples of electronic payment systems that are working in africa. in kenya. so it is one of the things we're going to work on over the next literally days to weeks to get that system on the ground. if we can do something that is more automated, that people get paid on a a card with a cell phone, we will put it into place. i have a day job, ian. and the response is being led by all the appropriate people. so the secretary general is very personally involved in the response. and you know, as i said, margaret is 24 hours a day, margaret chen, the head of the world health organization is working on this issu they are the ones who can convene a meeting on vaccines and come up with the protocol. they are the ones who can convene all the right people to have the kinds of conversations that need to be had about where to go. it is interesting. they prod in the person -- the p