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China pledges $105 million to fight Ebola
PUBLISHED ON OCT 24, 2014 10:16 PM
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BEIJING (AFP) - China will provide Ebola hit countries in West Africa with new aid worth the equivalent of US$82 million (S$105 million), China's President Xi Jinping said on Friday, as European leaders pledged more donations.
Beijing will give 500 million yuan (S$105 million) to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea as well as international organisations, the official Xinhua news agency cited Xi as saying.
"China will offer aid in cash and in kind, send more health experts and medical staff and help build a treatment center in Liberia," Xi said during a meeting in Beijing, according to Xinhua, adding: "A friend in need is a friend indeed." Some 4,900 people have died of Ebola in West Africa, and experts warn that infections could soar to 10,000 per week by early December - a terrifying prospect for a disease with a death rate running at 70 percent.
The UN, which has set up the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), previously estimated that US$1 billion was needed to fight Ebola for six months.
PUBLISHED ON OCT 24, 2014 10:16 PM
0800PRINTEMAIL
BEIJING (AFP) - China will provide Ebola hit countries in West Africa with new aid worth the equivalent of US$82 million (S$105 million), China's President Xi Jinping said on Friday, as European leaders pledged more donations.
Beijing will give 500 million yuan (S$105 million) to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea as well as international organisations, the official Xinhua news agency cited Xi as saying.
"China will offer aid in cash and in kind, send more health experts and medical staff and help build a treatment center in Liberia," Xi said during a meeting in Beijing, according to Xinhua, adding: "A friend in need is a friend indeed." Some 4,900 people have died of Ebola in West Africa, and experts warn that infections could soar to 10,000 per week by early December - a terrifying prospect for a disease with a death rate running at 70 percent.
The UN, which has set up the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), previously estimated that US$1 billion was needed to fight Ebola for six months.
