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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada is sending a team of military medical specialists to help combat the spread of Ebola in Sierra Leone.
The government said Thursday that 40 Canadian Armed Forces health care and support staff will deploy to the West African country.
The workers will be there for six months. They will work alongside military medics from the United Kingdom at the Kerry Town Treatment Unit to help treat local and international health care workers who have been exposed to the deadly virus.
Health Minister Rona Ambrose announced $18.43 million in additional funding to 10 organizations working on the humanitarian crisis resulting from the outbreak.
Ebola has killed nearly 5,700 people in West Africa this year. Liberia has recorded the most cases, but the outbreak is currently surging fastest in Sierra Leone
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