Ebola-Hit Nations Get Key Supplies
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Jumat, 19 Oktober 2018 18:56 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Vital supplies and resources to tackle Ebola are beginning to arrive in the three worst-hit West African countries, Ghana's President John Mahama has said as reported by BBC News.
Mr Mahama, who heads the regional bloc Ecowas, also told the BBC that treatment centres were being set up in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
But he called for proper co-ordination between agencies to avoid duplication.
The outbreak has killed more than 4,500 people, almost all of them in those three countries.
An estimated 70 percent of those infected have died.
Meanwhile, Nigeria was declared free of Ebola after six weeks with no new cases, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
Last week, Senegal was declared virus-free.
BBC NEWS