Australia ramps up Ebola response, pledges $24 million

MELBOURNE — The Australian government has scaled up its response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, committing an additional A$24 million in funding to the tackle the deadly disease

Prime Minister Tony Abbott made the announcement on Wednesday afternoon, detailing an arrangement with the United Kingdom to assist in the operation of an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone.

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A$20 million of the funding will go towards staffing the 100-bed center, which is expected to be built by the United Kingdom before the end of this month. The Abbott Government will not be deploying Australian health workers, but has instead engaged private healthcare provider Aspen to source medical personnel for the facility Read more...

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