About 1.5 thousand American military, assisting States in West Africa in the fight against Ebola virus, ready to return home by the end of April. United States President Barack Obama has decided to leave on the basis of only 100 of the military.
5 months ago Obama was sent to West Africa military to help fight the spread of Ebola. The U.S. military has erected there for 10 infectious branches for the treatment of the virus and assisted in the construction of another 4. Because the scale of the epidemic began to decline, changed and projects.
In addition, in Liberia was created lab, which helped to speed up the revision of specimens on Ebola. As expected, it will be transferred to local authorities. Only the U.S. military has spent about $ 400 million on measures to contain the virus, once in the US, he died a man who had come from Liberia.
According to The Wall Street Journal citing American officials, February 11, Obama will sign the decree on the return of the military home, only 100 of them will remain in place. "We are encouraged by the reduction in the number of diseases in West Africa, but still excited by the appearance of new cases in Guinea, and the inability to further reduce morbidity in Sierra Leone", - says the statement of the White house.
According to reliable information from the world health organization, on January 25 worldwide 22.1 thousand people fell ill with Ebola virus and more than 8.8 thousand were killed. Infections seen in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, England and the USA.
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