World Bank pledges $200 million to help African countries affected by Ebola

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Rizal Philippines   August 5 2014



Repost from NewsOne India

The World Bank president Jim Yong Kim pledged to provide as much as $200 million in emergency funding to assist the 3 West African countries:   Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. cope up with the ravages of the Ebola outbreak.  The pledge was made on the first day of the US African summit held in Washington DC.  The summit is attended by top officials African Countries and US govt officials which included:   US Secretary of Health Sylvia Burwell CDC director Tom Frieden

The funding will cover medicine, medical supplies, coping up with lost income.

So far 887 have died (or roughly 50% of those who were infected) of the thousands who were infected.

Ebola outbreak is now cause of worldwide alarm raised to level 3

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Rizal Philippines August 5, 2014

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Repost from Want in News 4 days ago

The alert level for Ebola virus outbreak has been raised to level 3, the highest level.  News has it that in Guinea, where it started, 700 have died (vs 360 as reported elsewhere) and more more than 1,300 have been infected.  This has failed to trigger an alarm elsewhere in the world, as this is limited to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

2 American MDs of Samaritan Purse working vs Ebola in Africa infected

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Rizal Philippines  |  July 31, 2014



There are now two American doctors working with Samaritan Purse in Africa trying to contain the Ebola virus who are now infected with the deadly virus

They are Nancy Writebol who lives in Monrovia with her husband, has two children and hails from Charlotte North Carolina, and Kent Bradley 33.

This is a great risk and sacrifice on the part of this American doctors who are trying their best to contain the disease.  There is fear that the disease could spread in Nigeria one of the most populous countries in (20 million)  Africa.  A Nigerian man arrived at Lagos airport and soon died probably of Ebola   He declared that he did not come in contact with anyone sick or who had died of Ebola.