Liberia: UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) External Situation Report, 0600 Hours NYT – 8 October 2014 / No. 14

HIGHLIGHTS

• The Fifth Committee of the General Assembly endorses the USD 49.9 million funding proposal for UNMEER and the Office of the Special Envoy on Ebola

• Healthcare workers at Bong County ETU cease industrial action and return to work

• European Union scales up response to epidemic with airlift of relief items to West Africa and coordination of system to evacuate international workers infected with EVD to hospitals in Europe