Cuban doctor braces himself for fight against Ebola

Cuban doctor braces himself for fight against Ebola

HAVANA, Cuba - Tomas Perdomo, one of 49 Cuban doctors sent to Liberia to treat Ebola fever patients, says in an interview with Kyodo News in Havana on Oct. 21, 2014, before his departure that extra care must be taken to fight the "invisible enemy."

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