Abbott to send team to fight Ebola

Lets see how this pans out.


The Abbott government is set to announce that it will assist several hundred Australian expert volunteers to travel to one of the Ebola hotspots of Africa to help control the epidemic.
The government has struck an agreement to manage a British field hospital in Sierra Leone, according to diplomatic sources. An official announcement is expected on Wednesday.

Britain has agreed to treat Australian volunteers as if they were their own, officials said.
Any infected Australian worker would be evacuated to Britain for treatment. There is also provision for access to treatment in Germany under a British arrangement.
Australia's operation is to be chiefly a civilian one, operating under British military aegis.


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