Ebola outbreak threatens Africa with dramatic consequences, says IMF

Wednesday, October 8th 2014 - 03:40 UTC

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Saharan Africa's economic growth remains strong and should accelerate to 5.8% in 2015 but if the Ebola outbreak in its western corner is protracted or spreads it will have “dramatic consequences” for that zone, the IMF said on Tuesday. Read full article

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Briton
Well lets hope the EU and the UK has contingency plans to stop all flights from these African regions and from Spain to the UK if this starts to spread.
Oct 08th, 2014 - 10:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
What is a nursing Auxillary doing cleaning up after an Ebola patient?????
Oct 08th, 2014 - 11:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Spanish Mole
@2

Maybe because it is her job.....?
Oct 08th, 2014 - 12:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
What a biohazard clean up, the job of an auxiliary.

Hmm! I would have said it was the job for a specialist trained person, but that's just me.
Oct 08th, 2014 - 01:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
Apparently the guy in Dallas Texas died today,

not very good for the nurse in Spain..

meanwhile the British are sending hundreds of military personnel to Africa to help,

mmmmmm
Oct 08th, 2014 - 06:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Britworker
My understanding is that the UK are taking charge of Sierra Leone, France are taking Guinea and the US are taking Liberia.

As usual, as per usual, its is just the countries with red, white and blue in their flags that can be relied upon in a crisis.
Oct 08th, 2014 - 08:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
Argentina's CFK will no nothing,
Why,
probably because Ebola wont support them in their claim against the Falkland's.
Oct 09th, 2014 - 11:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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