NOVO OGARYOVO, October 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is ready to expand its cooperation with the World Health Organization in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday.
"We must act wisely to prevent the spread of this disease among our population," Putin said during a meeting with WHO Director-General Margaret Chan.
Putin said Russian experts are studying the possibility of deploying planes with special medical equipment, including life-support capsules for transporting Ebola-infected patients, in the international operation targeting the recent Ebola outbreak.
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa broke out in southern Guinea in February, and later spread across Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Senegal. According to the WHO, a total of 8,399 cases of Ebola virus disease have been reported as of October 8. The disease has killed 4,033 people so far.
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