UNICEF Airlifts Supplies to Liberia

The U.N. children’s fund – UNICEF – has begun airlifting emergency supplies to Liberia, the country hardest hit by the West Africa Ebola epidemic. A cargo plane carrying nearly 70 metric tons arrived in Monrovia on Saturday. UNICEF’s Representative in Liberia Sheldon Yetts says the supplies are needed to bolster protection against the Ebola virus. “The largest component of the supplies was chlorine. And chlorine is a key ingredient here used for disinfection, which as you might...

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