The British government has announced that it will be extending its aid to healthcare systems in Sierra Leone and Liberia, two countries hit hardest by the Ebola outbreak, by an additional $5 million.
The new package, worth £3.0 million or 3.8 million euros, will allow the World Health Organization, the Red Cross and UNICEF to increase specialist care and improve monitoring of the disease.
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Ebola is caused by a virus via direct contact with body fluids or infected blood. Scientists have identified five types of Ebola or Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus.
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It will also provide information boards for rural communities and buy clean blankets to replace contaminated ones, as well as emergency food and clothing for 1,000 families affected, the Department for International Development said.
The new funding brings to £5 million the total that Britain has released to combat the latest outbreak of a disease that causes severe fever and, in the most extreme cases, unstoppable bleeding.
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Nigerian public sector doctors have announced that they will be suspending a five-week long strike in order to deal with the outbreak.
International development minister Justine Greening said: "It is absolutely crucial that the UK helps to make sure the Ebola outbreak is contained."
"At the same time we are working with our partners to care for people affected by the outbreak, particularly children left without their parents."
A meeting Thursday of the British government's emergency COBRA committee -- chaired by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and attended by key ministers and government officials -- was told the risk from Ebola to Britain remained "very low".
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Public Sector Doctors in Nigeria Decide to Suspend Strike as Ebola Outbreak Hits Their Shores
Nigerian public sector doctors have announced that they will be suspending a five-week long strike in order to deal with the outbreak.
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International development minister Justine Greening said: "It is absolutely crucial that the UK helps to make sure the Ebola outbreak is contained."
"At the same time we are working with our partners to care for people affected by the outbreak, particularly children left without their parents."
A meeting Thursday of the British government's emergency COBRA committee -- chaired by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and attended by key ministers and government officials -- was told the risk from Ebola to Britain remained "very low".
Source: AFP
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