U.S. provides over $242M for Ebola
The United States announced an additional contribution of over $242 million to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing U.S. direct aid for the effort to more than $500 million. The country emphasized that it remains the largest donor in the fight against Ebola and encouraged other nations to increase their support. This announcement comes alongside the arrival of the Director of the World Health Organization in the country, as the outbreak continues to spread, having resulted in over 3,874 confirmed cases and 1,751 deaths since the start of the seventeenth wave of the epidemic. Additionally, Washington imposed travel restrictions on citizens from affected areas, including a ban on direct travel from the Democratic Republic of Congo, aiming to curb the spread of the disease.
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