14 DAY TRIAL // This past Tuesday, it was announced that US President Barack Obama was to take steps to pull nearly all of the country's Ebola-fighting troops from West Africa.
The reason President Obama wants these troops back home is that, according to recent reports, the Ebola epidemic that has been plaguing this corner of the world for months now is finally subsiding.
It is understood that, when the outbreak in West Africa was at its worst, the US sent around 2,800 Department of Defense personnel to the Ebola-stricken regions that needed help limiting the spread of this disease.
These troops trained about 1,500 healthcare workers and helped establish as many as 15 Ebola treatment units. Even so, the epidemic killed thousands of people for several months in a row.
Now that new Ebola cases are at long last few and far between, it is time for the US troops to return to their country. Apparently, some 1,500 guys and gals are already back home.
According to the New York Post, President Obama expects that, by April 30, just 100 Department of Defense personnel will be left in West Africa. These troops will be left behind to help end the epidemic once and for all.
Having returns to the US, the troops will be closely monitored for a while, just to make sure that they do not bring the deadly Ebola virus with them.
Recent figures released by the World Health Organization show that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa has so far killed well over 9,000 people. What's more, specialists say that it will be a while until no more cases are reported.