Tokyo to send 100,000 protective suits to W. Africa

Tokyo to send 100,000 protective suits to W. Africa

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to send 100,000 protective suits of the kind seen here to doctors in Sierra Leone and Liberia fighting to contain the Ebola outbreak. The suits will be sent through the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The photo was taken on Sept. 9, 2014.

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