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Simon Ormiston

EU announces €5 million boost to Ebola response in DRC

The European Union has announced an additional €5 million in funding to support efforts to contain the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, as European Commissioner for Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib visited the region on Sunday.

Speaking after arriving at Bunia airport in Ituri province, a key logistics hub for the Ebola response, Lahbib said the funding would be used to establish regional diagnostic centres in the provinces most affected by the outbreak.

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