EBOLA OUTBREAK: OBAMA ASKS AUSTRALIA FOR HELP (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, October 24, 2014, 20:48

he US and UK have asked for Australia do more to fight the spread of Ebola in West Africa, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says.

Mr Abbott told MPs he had discussed the Ebola outbreak on a phone call with US President Barack Obama on Wednesday.

Opposition parties have accused the government of not doing enough to help the international effort.

The government has said it will not send Australians to Africa until it can guarantee their safety.

The disease has killed more than 4,800 people in the worst affected countries: Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. More than 9,900 people have been infected.

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