On arrival, the Chinese health workers had their
temperature taken and were made to wash their
hands , a ritual adopted across the region as part
of efforts to stem the disease .
Yue said the establishment of the clinic in Liberia
brought China 's contribution to the anti -Ebola
effort in the country to $ 122 m .
Before China 's pledge to send 1 , 000 personnel ,
Cuba was the largest contributor of medical
contingents to the crisis .
About 160 Chinese health workers have arrived in
Liberia , where they are due to staff a new $ 41 m
Ebola clinic that , unlike most other foreign
interventions , is being built and fully run by
Chinese personnel .
China , Africa 's biggest trade partner , had come
under fire for the level of its response to the Ebola
crisis . But it said this week it would send 1 , 000
personnel to help fight an outbreak that has killed
over 5 , 000 people in West Africa .
" Up to now in Liberia , China is the only country
which provides not only the construction of an
ETU ( Ebola treatment unit ) , but also the running
and operation and the staffing of an ETU," Zhang
Yue , the Chinese ambassador to Liberia, told the
Reuters news agency .
Yue said the new team in Liberia included a mix of
doctors , nurses , technicians and engineers .
" They experienced SARS ( severe acute respiratory
syndrome ) . They are very knowledgeable in this
area, " he said , referring to the contagious illness
that was first identified in China in 2002 and killed
several hundred people across the world .
Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole ShareThis Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole was born on April 4, 1952 in Iyamoh, near Auchi in today's Edo State. He was born into the humble family of Alhaji Aliyu Oshiomhole of blessed memory and Alhaja Aishetu Oshiomhole. After his secondary education, Adams Oshiomhole proceeded to the Ruskin College, Oxford where he majored in economics and industrial relations. He is also an alumnus of the prestigious National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru. In 1969 before his tertiary education, he had taken up appointment with the Arewa Textiles Company. He was inspired to play an active role in the union because he was not satisfied with the quality of the union's leadership. Oshiomhole's other colleagues in the textile factory elected him as the union secretary after a shop-floor revolution, which he helped to organize. He became a full time trade organizer in 1975. In 1982, Adams Oshiomhole was appointed by the National Union of Textile Ga...
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