Peace Corps pulls volunteers from West Africa due to Ebola

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Peace Corps pulls volunteers from West Africa due to Ebola

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-peace-corps-says-withdrawing-volunteers-due-ebola-195033159.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sHUIHjW8sXgtgvgzzqL_Ow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-30T172708Z_48573429_GM1EA7V03LK01_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-EBOLA-USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout photo of Dr. Kent Brantly wearing protective gear at the case management center on the campus of ELWA Hospital in Monrovia" align="left" title="Handout photo of Dr. Kent Brantly wearing protective gear at the case management center on the campus of ELWA Hospital in Monrovia" border="0" /></a>By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Peace Corps said on Wednesday it was pulling all 340 volunteers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea because of the spreading Ebola virus that has killed 672 people in the three countries since February. A Peace Corps spokesperson said two volunteers were isolated and under observation after being exposed to a person who later died of Ebola. &quot;These volunteers are not symptomatic and are currently isolated and under observation,&quot; the spokesperson said in a statement. The Peace Corps, citing privacy concerns, declined to say where the two volunteers had come into contact with the Ebola victim.</p><br clear="all"/>

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