Ebola (Photo : Reuters)
China will donate $82 million to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the three countries worst affected by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, The Brics Post reported.
Announced on Oct. 29, Wednesday, the donation is not only the fourth round of aid to come from China but also the largest one.
Along with the $82-million donation are additional aid supplies and medical experts to be dispatched to the Ebola-affected areas. A medical staff of 160 workers will also be sent to Liberia to help build a treatment center in the country.
Prior to this, China has already donated $40 million to the Ebola-affected countries in addition to $6 million donated to the World Food Programme of the United Nations, specifically for the victims of the deadly epidemic.
It appears that the Chinese government will still continue its efforts to fight the deadly Ebola disease despite the condescending remarks recently made by the United States White House press secretary Josh Earnest against China and Russia.
"When we have a situation like this on the global scene, people aren't wondering what the Chinese are doing to respond to it. People aren't picking up the phone and wondering if Vladimir Putin is going to commit Russian resources to this effort," Earnest said at a press briefing.
Earnest added that with the people wanting to know what the U.S. is doing about it, Barack Obama has "stepped up and showed the kind of American leadership that makes the American people proud."
On the other hand, the World Health Organization (WHO) called China's efforts to help fight against Ebola "a huge boost, morally and operationally."
While the U.S. had pledged $175 aid for Ebola-hit countries, American politicians debate about quarantines, according to Reuters.
Regarding this, Obama said that he feels "a little frustrated" hearing people discussing American leadership "and then are promoting policies that would avoid leadership and have us running in the opposite direction and hiding under the covers."
