$100 million donated to help stop Ebola crisis
Jack Zou
www.diecastingpartsupplier.com
2014-10-24 15:40:00
Billionaire Paul G. Allen will donate $100 million to fight Ebola, the philanthropist and co-founder
of Microsoft announced Thursday. This will quadruple his earlier promise to donate $26 million to
various nonprofit groups and government agencies fighting the most deadly outbreak of the virus ever
recorded.
He is one the largest individual donors to tackle the disease, which has killed nearly 5,000 people in
West Africa and infected nearly 10,000, according to the World Health Organization. The promise of
significant relief funds comes as more people are quarantined and placed on “watch lists,” and the
country works to contain the disease and prevent another outbreak on American soil.
A Connecticut family of six was quarantined after traveling in West Africa, West Haven Mayor Edward O
’Brien said late Wednesday.
They don’t have any symptoms of Ebola, NBC News reported, but under the executive orders signed by
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy this month, anyone who has been travelling in Sierra Leone, Liberia,
and Guinea must quarantine themselves for 21 days and take their temperature twice daily. The family
will be monitored by public health workers, who will phone twice daily to check for signs of the
disease.
of Microsoft announced Thursday. This will quadruple his earlier promise to donate $26 million to
various nonprofit groups and government agencies fighting the most deadly outbreak of the virus ever
recorded.
He is one the largest individual donors to tackle the disease, which has killed nearly 5,000 people in
West Africa and infected nearly 10,000, according to the World Health Organization. The promise of
significant relief funds comes as more people are quarantined and placed on “watch lists,” and the
country works to contain the disease and prevent another outbreak on American soil.
A Connecticut family of six was quarantined after traveling in West Africa, West Haven Mayor Edward O
’Brien said late Wednesday.
They don’t have any symptoms of Ebola, NBC News reported, but under the executive orders signed by
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy this month, anyone who has been travelling in Sierra Leone, Liberia,
and Guinea must quarantine themselves for 21 days and take their temperature twice daily. The family
will be monitored by public health workers, who will phone twice daily to check for signs of the
disease.