US to provide ‌additional USD 20M to help fight Ebola in Africa

The US State Department said it would provide an ‌additional $20 ⁠million ⁠to help fight the Ebola outbreak in Africa, bringing its total direct support to more than $220 million.

The ⁠money will ‌support preparedness ​efforts ​in Burundi, Kenya, ⁠Rwanda, and South Sudan, including ​for national emergency operations ​centers, as well as surveillance, testing, border screening and infection prevention ‌and control, the department said in ​a ​statement.

It ⁠will also help countries distribute critical commodities and manage ​Ebola patients, it said. Reuters