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US announces additional $20 million for Ebola response

Medical workers dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) carry children tested and cleared off from Ebola from Saint Nicholas orphanage, at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME)

Medical workers dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) carry children tested and cleared off from Ebola from Saint Nicholas orphanage, at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME)

The U.S. State Department said on ‌Wednesday it would provide an additional $20 million to help fight the Ebola outbreak in Africa, bringing its ⁠total direct support to more than $220 million.

The money will support preparedness efforts in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan, including for national emergency operations ‌centers, ⁠as well as surveillance, testing, border screening and infection prevention and control, ⁠the department said in a statement. It will also help countries ⁠distribute critical commodities

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