The Embassy of The People’s  Republic  of China near Monrovia has donated (USD 20,000.00)  twenty thousand United States Dollars on behalf of the China Red Cross Society to  the Liberia National Red Society to help strengthen the response to the spread of the Ebola virus in the country.

According to a Foreign Ministry release, the donation was made on Friday, APRIL 4, 2014 at the Chinese Embassy in Congo town.

The deadly Ebola virus was discovered in the West African region from neighboring Guinea and spread over to Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing several victims in the region.  At least seven people are said to have died from the Ebola disease since the killer disease was discovered in Liberia two weeks ago.