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US Troops Deployed To West Africa WON'T Be Equipped With Hazmat Suits
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division deployed to Ebola hotspots in West Africa to battle the deadly disease will not receive full protective Hazmat suits for their mission.
Instead, the troops will be given only masks and gloves to protect them from the potentially fatal virus, General David Rodriguez said at a Pentagon briefing.
The Kentucky-based Army division is being sent to Liberia to help coordinate the response to the epidemic, and will primarily be building hospitals and treatment and training centers.
Major General Darryl Williams, the commander of US troops in Africa, claimed that the soldiers would not need full protective Hazmat suits as they would not be coming into direct contact with anyone infected with Ebola, Nashville Public Radio reports.
He said: 'They don't need the whole suit - as such - because they're not going to be in contact with any of the people.'
Read the full story: www.dailymail.co.uk
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Major General Darryl Williams, commander of US Army
Africa, and US Ambassador to Liberia Deborah Malac
visit the site of an Ebola treatment center under construction
in Tubmanburg, Liberia / Getty / Daily Mail
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By Annabel Grossman, Oct. 20, 2014, Dailymail.co.uk
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division deployed to Ebola hotspots in West Africa to battle the deadly disease will not receive full protective Hazmat suits for their mission.
Instead, the troops will be given only masks and gloves to protect them from the potentially fatal virus, General David Rodriguez said at a Pentagon briefing.
The Kentucky-based Army division is being sent to Liberia to help coordinate the response to the epidemic, and will primarily be building hospitals and treatment and training centers.
Major General Darryl Williams, the commander of US troops in Africa, claimed that the soldiers would not need full protective Hazmat suits as they would not be coming into direct contact with anyone infected with Ebola, Nashville Public Radio reports.
He said: 'They don't need the whole suit - as such - because they're not going to be in contact with any of the people.'
Read the full story: www.dailymail.co.uk
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