The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for $9.4 million to fund efforts to prevent a new Ebola outbreak from spreading across West Africa. The IFRC said Monday the money will be used to step up “surveillance and community sensitization efforts” in Guinea, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone. “Ebola does not care about borders,” said Mohammed Mukhier, the IFRC’s Regional Director for Africa. It is the first Ebola outbreak in Guinea since 2016. The 2014 Ebola outbreak, the biggest in history, killed more than 11,000 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Source: Ethiopian News February 22, 2021 13:52 UTC