Africa CDC commends China for support in Ebola response

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Friday commended China for its solidarity with Africa in response to the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak.



Africa CDC Director General Jean Kaseya made the remarks following a meeting with Jiang Feng, head of the Chinese Mission to the African Union (AU), at the agency's headquarters in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.



During the meeting, the two officials signed a handover certificate formalizing a further emergency contribution of 2.5 million U.S. dollars from the Chinese government to Africa's Ebola response, bringing China's total direct support to 4.5 million dollars, Kaseya said in a statement posted on the X platform.



Jiang said that China and Africa are good friends, reliable partners and good brothers. Since the outbreak began, the Chinese government has closely monitored the situation and attached great importance to Africa's response to the epidemic.