China sends more than 1,000 staff to West Africa to fight Ebola

On November 5, Xinhua News Agency quoted the Chinese Health and Family Planning Commission as saying that China plans to send more than 1,000 people, including medical staff and experts, to West Africa in the next few months to support the fight against the Ebola epidemic.

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The source also said that so far, China has sent a total of 252 people to the three countries at the epicenter of the epidemic, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, to participate in the epidemic prevention work. In addition, China has provided aid to the countries in the Ebola epidemic area in the West African region of about 750 million yuan (equivalent to about 123 million USD).

China's Foreign Ministry said on October 31 that China will send elite troops from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to support Liberia in dealing with the Ebola epidemic.

Xinhua News Agency quoted Li Bin, head of the National Health and Planning Commission of China, as saying that China has increased its support for West African countries in fighting the Ebola epidemic, both to strengthen and develop friendly relations with African countries./.

According to the Communist Party of Vietnam