More US troops in Ebola-hit Liberia

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Sun, 2014-09-21 10:38 — Norea

Liberian Red Cross health workers, wearing protective suits, carry the body of a 18-old-month baby (AFP Photo/Zoom Dosso) Yahoo News - Sep 21, 2014

Monrovia (AFP) - A second deployment of United States troops arrived in Liberia on Sunday as part of an eventual mission of 3,000 soldiers helping its beleaguered health services battle the Ebola outbreak.

The contingent will be focused on training local health workers and setting up facilities to help Liberia and its neighbours halt the spread of the epidemic, which has left more than 2,600 dead across west Africa.

"Some American troops came soon this morning. They arrived with tactical jeeps," a source at Roberts international airport, near Monrovia, told AFP.

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