Italy to give 50 mn to fight Ebola virus

(ANSA) - Luxembourg, October 20 - Italy will contribute up to 50 million euros to the fight against the Ebola virus in West Africa, Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini said Monday at a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg.
    Along with Great Britain, Italy will also contribute 100 hospital beds and specialists from its Rome-based Lazzaro Spallanzani Institute for Infectious Diseases.
    As well, the EU will appoint an Ebola coordinator to manage European and United Nations efforts to stamp out the deadly epidemic, Mogherini said.
    "We intervene with long-term work in affected areas, on the medical, social and economic fronts," Mogherini said.