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 .
This is a part some people will not like to hear, but we will say it here for historical purposes. When the great Biafran leader, Col. Dim Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu was granted a state pardon by President Shehu Shagari in 1982, the Ikemba soon contested for Senate under the then National Party of Nigeria (NPN), but did his people vote for him? Lest we also forget, he contested for the presidency, how many votes did he got even in Anambra? Let us bring in Chief Alex Ekweme. We recall, despite being founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),he contested for the party nomination for president in 2002. We all remember how the South-East governors then did all they could to outdo themselves to be seen to be more loyal to President Olusegun Obasanjo than even his own ministers. There was nothing wrong in all these for these people as long as it all guarantees fat bank accounts and unmerited rewards. No one talks about Biafra when contract figures are inflated; Biafra makes no sense ...
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