In efforts to stop the spread of Ebola in West Africa, the U.S. will deploy 3,000 troops to the Liberia to bolster containment efforts, according to a Reuters report.
The troops will include engineers and medical personnel who will establish a regional command and control in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. The troops plan to build 17 treatment centers with 100 beds each, place U.S. Public Health Service personnel in Liberian hospitals, train thousands of healthcare workers and create an "air bridge" to more quickly get health workers and medical supplies into the region, according to the report.
The troops will not be directly responsible for patient care, according to the report.
So far, the Ebola virus has killed nearly 2,500 of the almost 5,000 people infected.
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