Obama to request $6 billion for Ebola crisis

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Obama to request $6 billion for Ebola crisis

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-request-6-billion-ebola-crisis-202802797.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WasEBqCc1chZu33bmoTIVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-PAR-Par8019902-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Two health workers sit at the emergency entrance of an Ebola clinic in Monrovia on November 1, 2014" align="left" title="Two health workers sit at the emergency entrance of an Ebola clinic in Monrovia on November 1, 2014" border="0" /></a>US President Barack Obama is seeking more than $6 billion in emergency funding to fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and respond to cases in the United States, a White House official said Wednesday. The United Nations has described the Ebola outbreak that has killed some 5,000 people -- most in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- as a threat to world peace and security, and issued repeated appeals for aid. The US response aims to &quot;strengthen our domestic public health systems, contain and mitigate the outbreak in West Africa, speed efforts to obtain and test vaccines and therapeutics, and further reduce risks to Americans&quot; by helping prevent, detect and respond to outbreaks in vulnerable countries, said the official from the Office of Management and Budget. The United States has deployed military and civilian personnel to the region to build hospitals and provide logistical and other assistance.</p><br clear="all"/>

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