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World must stop Ebola in West Africa or face 'pandemic': Cuba's Castro
By Daniel Trotta
HAVANA Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:23pm EDT
(Reuters) - The world must confront Ebola in West Africa to prevent what could become one of the worst pandemics in human history, Cuban President Raul Castro said on Monday.
"I am convinced that if this threat is not stopped in West Africa with an immediate international response ... it could become one of the gravest pandemics in human history," Castro told a summit of the leftist ALBA bloc of Latin American and Caribbean countries in Havana.
Cuba is sending 461 doctors and nurses to West Africa, the largest medical contingent of any single country to fight the worst Ebola outbreak on record.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/20/us-health-ebola-cuba-summit-idUSKCN0I917820141020
By Daniel Trotta
HAVANA Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:23pm EDT
(Reuters) - The world must confront Ebola in West Africa to prevent what could become one of the worst pandemics in human history, Cuban President Raul Castro said on Monday.
"I am convinced that if this threat is not stopped in West Africa with an immediate international response ... it could become one of the gravest pandemics in human history," Castro told a summit of the leftist ALBA bloc of Latin American and Caribbean countries in Havana.
Cuba is sending 461 doctors and nurses to West Africa, the largest medical contingent of any single country to fight the worst Ebola outbreak on record.
...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/20/us-health-ebola-cuba-summit-idUSKCN0I917820141020