US announces additional $20 million for Ebola response

Congolese medical workers dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) handle bags at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) within the secured Ebola response zone, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Hoho commune of Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 9, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

June 10 (Reuters) - ⁠The U.S. State ⁠Department said on Wednesday ‌it would provide an additional $20 million tohelp fight the ​Ebola outbreak in ⁠Africa, bringing ⁠its total direct support ⁠to more ‌than $220 million.

The money will ⁠support preparedness efforts in Burundi, ​Kenya, ‌Rwanda, and South Sudan, ⁠including ​for national emergency operations centers, as ⁠well as surveillance, testing, ​border screening and infection prevention and control, the ⁠department said in a statement.

It will also help countries distribute critical ​commodities and ⁠manage Ebola patients, it ​said.

(Reporting by ‌Daphne Psaledakis and ​Costas Pitas; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)