Ebola outbreak: UK sending 750 troops to Sierra Leone

UK and Israel send additional assistance. Two stories

 British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and U.S. Secretary of State Kerry urged all nations to boost their response to combat the Ebola virus

BRITAIN SENDS 750 MILITARY PERSONNEL AND MEDICAL SHIP

BBC                                                                Oct. 8, 2014

The UK is sending 750 military personnel to Sierra Leone to help deal with the deadly Ebola outbreak, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed.

The UK will also send medical ship the RFA Argus and three helicopters. The personnel will be deployed next week.

It comes as Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it was "now entirely possible that someone with Ebola will come to the UK either by one route or another".

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ISRAEL SENDS MOBILE TEAMS      

JTA and JSpace                                                                               Oct. 6, 2014 

Israeli officials are sending three mobile emergency clinics to western Africa in an effort to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus.

Medical experts will be assigned to each clinic sent by Mashav-Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation, a part of the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The staffers will train local health care workers in the operation of the clinic and its equipment, the ministry said in a statement.

Also, staff training will focus on raising awareness among populations with high potential for ebola infection.

An Israeli team has already been sent to Cameroon. The ministry also sent emergency equipment to the government of Sierra Leone, and in recent weeks shipped personal protection equipment to teams of the African Union.

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