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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11132
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) humanitarian aid

EU provides €2 million more to combat Ebola virus

Brussels, 30/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission announced on Wednesdya 30 July that it is allocating an additional €2 million to respond to the worst Ebola outbreak ever recorded in West Afirca (in Guinea and neighbouring countries).

So far, the highly contagious flesh-eating Ebola virus has affected 1,200 and killed 672 in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. One case has been confirmed in Lagos, Nigeria - the patient in question died on 26 July.

The additional EU funding...