Press release: EU acts together to stop Ebola

A new batch of urgently needed medical and relief supplies left to the Ebola-affected region in West Africa on the 12 December 2014 on board of the Dutch ship "Karel Doorman".

For the second time, as part of the coordinated European response to the Ebola outbreak, the Netherlands had offered to transport vital supplies free of charge. The vessel carried 1,500 tons of food for the World Food Programme (WFP) in addition to more than 50 vehicles, medical supplies and protective clothing for health personnel offered by Belgium, France, Germany and the UK.

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