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UK military to provide further measures to tackle Ebola

MOD will provide hundreds of troops, an aviation support ship and 3 Merlin helicopters as the UK ramps up its efforts to tackle Ebola.  

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon laid out the measures at an emergencyCOBR committee meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, to discuss the UK’s response to the Ebola crisis which is being led by the Department for International Development.

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