The United States on Thursday told the families of its diplomats in Sierra Leone to leave the country to avoid exposure to the deadly Ebola epidemic.
“The embassy recommended this step out of an abundance of caution,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said, citing “a lack of options for routine health care services at major medical facilities due to the Ebola outbreak.”
Harf said that the State Department was also “reconfiguring” its staff at the embassy in Freetown to “be more responsive” to the crisis ravaging the country…
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