UN to feed up to one million people hit by Ebola

VICTIM: Roman Catholic priest Miguel Pajares, who contracted ebola, being transported to Carlos III Hospital in Madrid PHOTO: INAKI GOMEZ/AFP
VICTIM: Roman Catholic priest Miguel Pajares, who contracted ebola, being transported to Carlos III Hospital in Madrid PHOTO: INAKI GOMEZ/AFP

The United Nations will provide food aid to a million people affected by the Ebola outbreak wreaking havoc in west Africa, the World Food Programme said Friday.

"At the request of the WHO (World Health Organization) and the governments concerned, we are putting in place assistance for around one million people" in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, WFP spokeswoman for West Africa Fabienne Pompey told AFP.

 

 

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