Statement: Statement by Commissioner Borg on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa

Commissioner Borg, the European Commissioner for Health, made a statement on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in Brussels, on the 8 August 2014, after World Health Organisation (WHO) had declared the worsening situation regarding the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

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