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By Susana Mas, CBC News Posted: Nov 03, 2014 2:32 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 03, 2014 4:12 PM ET
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Health Minister Rona Ambrose says Canada will spend a total of $30.5 million on the global fight against the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Ambrose was in Winnipeg on Monday for the announcement.
Canada’s contribution of $30.5 million includes:
- $1 million to deploy new quarantine officers to Canada’s airports.
- $3 million to boost “community health preparedness.”
- $23.5 million for research and development of Ebola vaccines and other treatments.
- $3 million to further support the World Health Organization.
Ambrose said the government will also launch a new Ebola public awareness campaign this month.
The health minister was joined by Dr. Gregory Taylor, the chief public health officer, and Dr. Judith Bossé, the assistant deputy minister for infectious disease prevention and control.
The news release in advance of the minister’s announcement noted there are currently no cases of Ebola in Canada.
Conservative MP Eve Adams, who works as the parliamentary secretary to the health minister, told the Commons during question period on Monday that Canada has shipped all of the personal protective equipment it has promised to the West African countries affected by the Ebola outbreak.
This includes equipment such as gloves, masks and gowns.
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