The Chinese Government has just completed the construction of an Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia. This project took less than a month for completion.
The center is the first of its kind to be built and managed by a foreign country in the disease-affected areas. It was designed using Chinese medical standards for epidemics and holds a hundred beds. Each floor of the building has a different color based on its degree of safety.
The 163 medical workers in the center from an elite unit of China’s People’s Liberation have recently entered the country.
Liberia is a close trading partner with China, which has pledged $81 million to aid West Africa’s fight against the disease.
The facility, which is air-conditioned and has digital document-keeping, will start accepting patients next week, Chinese Embassy officials said. The giant white building with a blue roof and red signs with Chinese characters on them was built in the parking lot of a stadium outside Monrovia, Liberia’s capital.
China is Africa’s largest trading partner and has especially close ties with Liberia, where many Chinese firms won contracts for post-war reconstruction projects. It has pledged $81 million in aid to West Africa to stem the Ebola outbreak and has also sent at least 200 medical staff and promised more.
While infection rates in Liberia appear to be stabilizing, they continue to rise in Sierra Leone. International Medical Corps said it will start accepting patients on Wednesday at a treatment center in one of the hardest-hit areas of that country.
