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Press release FOREIGN SECRETARY WELCOMES EU PROGRESS ON EBOLA, BUT MORE TO DO Foreign Secretary welcomes EU commitment to do more on Ebola, including care guarantee to Ebola Responders. This
was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government The Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, today welcomed agreement at the Foreign Affairs Council in
Luxembourg by EU Foreign Ministers that more needed to be done to fight the Ebola outbreak. The Council also reached agreement on Ebola care and medevac for those tackling Ebola in the
region. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said: “We all need to do more to support the fight against Ebola and I’m pleased that EU Foreign Ministers explicitly recognised that necessity. “I
am also delighted to have secured an agreement to have a coordinated approach to Ebola care and medevac. This agreement will give international health workers responding to the Ebola crisis
the assurances they need that they will receive the very best care possible, should they contract Ebola. “The UK has so far committed £125 million to this effort and I’m delighted that EU
Foreign Ministers welcomed the leading role that the UK, the US and France, are playing.” FURTHER INFORMATION Follow the Foreign Secretary on Twitter: @PHammondMP. Follow the Foreign Office
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Facebook (opens in new tab) * Share on Twitter (opens in new tab) UPDATES TO THIS PAGE Published 20 October 2014