Canada is donating $2.5 million worth of personal protective equipment to help front-line health-care workers fighting the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
The donation is in response to a call for help from the World Health Organization to assist in the global response.
The equipment includes items like masks, face shields, gloves and gowns:
- N95 respirators - 500,000
- Examination gloves - 1,500,000
- Surgical gloves - 3,500
- Hooded coverall suits - 50
- Face shields - 2,100,000
- Isolation gowns - 1,250,000
Ebola is spread through the bodily fluids of the infected, and more than 300 health-care workers have contracted the virus.
According to the WHO, the survival rate has been 47 per cent.
