2015-02-12 10:04
New York - The UN Ebola chief says US troops being withdrawn from
Liberia have done their job of building desperately needed treatment
centres but that more than 10 000 American civilians working in West
Africa are still essential to combating the deadly disease.
Dr
David Nabarro warned in an interview on Wednesday with The Associated
Press that the battle against Ebola is far from over, pointing to a
disappointing rise in new cases last week in hardest-hit Liberia, Sierra
Leone and Guinea.
He
said civilians from the US, Britain, France and elsewhere are still
needed to help with tracing Ebola victims' contacts, re-establishing
health services and changing behaviour in communities.
The
United States announced that only 100 US troops will remain in Liberia
after 30 April, down from the 2 800 initially deployed.
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