John Kerry Wants More Nations To Join Ebola Fight
BOSTON (CBS/AP) - Secretary of State John Kerry wants more nations to contribute to the effort to stop Ebola, the disease ravaging West Africa.
He said the international effort was $300 million short of what's needed.
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Kerry believes nations must step up quickly with a wide range of support, from doctors and mobile medical labs to basic humanitarian aid such as food.
"We are setting up additional treatment units in Africa, in Sierra Leone , in Liberia, in Guinea," he told reporters at an event in Charlestown Thursday morning.
"We have been working with our fellow foreign ministers and heads of state around the world to bring more resources to this challenge. We've asked the Chinese to help put more people in. We think other countries can contribute more."
Kerry toured The Wind Technology Testing Center with his British counterpart, Philip Hammond Thursday.
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