BRUSSELS: European Union leaders agreed on Friday to boost aid to combat the deadly Ebola virus in west Africa to $1.26 billion (one billion euros) EU president Herman Van Rompuy said.

“EU will increase financial help to 1 billion euros to fight Ebola in West Africa,” Van Rompuy tweeted on the second day of an EU leaders’ summit in Brussels.

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