MOSCOW, November 24 (Sputnik) — The construction of a Chinese medical center to treat Ebola patients in Liberia has been completed, Xinhua news agency reported Monday.
According to Xinhua, the center, which was funded by China, is the first medical facility in a country hit by Ebola fully built and managed by a foreign nation.
The 100-bed center will open on Tuesday, the agency said.
According to the World Health Organization's data as of November 18, 5,459 people have died in the current Ebola outbreak, from a total of 15,351 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases.
The ongoing Ebola epidemic started in southern Guinea in December 2013 and soon spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal. The latter two countries were declared free of the virus in October.
