U.S. Orders Departure of Eligible Family Members from Liberia; Sending Additional Disease Specialists to Assist
U.S. Orders Departure of Eligible Family Members from Liberia; Sending Additional Disease Specialists to Assist
Marie Harf
Deputy Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson
Deputy Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
August 7, 2014
At the recommendation of the U.S. Embassy in Liberia, the State Department
today ordered the departure from Monrovia of all eligible family members (EFMs)
not employed by post in the coming days. The Embassy recommended this step out
of an abundance of caution, following the determination by the Department’s
Medical Office that there is a lack of options for routine health care services
at major medical facilities due to the Ebola outbreak. We are reconfiguring the
Embassy staff to be more responsive to the current situation. Our entire effort
is currently focused on assisting U.S. citizens in the country, the Government
of Liberia, international health organizations, local non-governmental
organizations (NGOs), and the Liberian people to deal with this unprecedented
Ebola outbreak.
We remain deeply committed to supporting Liberia and regional and international efforts to strengthen the capacity of the Liberian health care infrastructure and system – specifically, their capacity to contain and control the transmission of the Ebola virus, and deliver health care. Additional staff from various government agencies including 12 disease prevention specialists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a 13-member Disaster Assistance Response Team from USAID are deploying to Liberia to assist the Liberian Government in addressing the Ebola outbreak.
We remain deeply committed to supporting Liberia and regional and international efforts to strengthen the capacity of the Liberian health care infrastructure and system – specifically, their capacity to contain and control the transmission of the Ebola virus, and deliver health care. Additional staff from various government agencies including 12 disease prevention specialists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a 13-member Disaster Assistance Response Team from USAID are deploying to Liberia to assist the Liberian Government in addressing the Ebola outbreak.
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