Washington provides extra 242M for Ebola
The United States announced an additional contribution of over $242 million to fund efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the total of American aid to more than $500 million. It also called on other countries to increase their contributions to the response. These developments come amid criticism of the travel restrictions imposed by the U.S. to prevent the spread of Ebola and a quarantine measures established in Kenya. Additionally, the Director of the World Health Organization arrived in Congo to oversee efforts to contain the outbreak, which has resulted in more than 3,874 confirmed cases and 1,751 deaths since the start of the new wave.
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