Mr. Xu Zhou, spokesman of
the Chinese Embassy announced in Freetown on Thursday, 8th August
that China will add a batch of medical materials valued at RMB
10,000,000 Yuan (equally 1,626,000 USD) to support the Government of Sierra Leone
in the prevention and control of Ebola.
This new batch of medical materials is
scheduled to be airlifted to Sierra Leone early next week by a China chartered
cargo airplane.
He added that the Chinese
government has been following the development of Ebola since it broke out in Sierra
Leone’s neighboring countries in February. In late April, the Chinese
government provided a batch of medical materials valued at RMB 1,000,000
Yuan (equally 162,600 USD) to support Sierra Leone in the
prevention of Ebola.
Recently, the spread of Ebola has become so severe that it
has caused hundreds of causalities and constituted a challenge to Sierra Lone.
In response to the State of Public Emergency declared by President
Ernest Bai Koroma, China has decided to add more assistance to
further supportSierra Leone in continuous fighting against Ebola.
He indicated that the
increase of assistance to Sierra Leone further demonstrated the
brotherly relations between China and Sierra Leone. He hoped
that these medical materials to be provided by China will help Sierra
Leone control Ebola at an early time.
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