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nitpicker

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Wed Oct 15, 2014, 04:46 AM Oct 2014

Treatment Facility Construction Continues in Liberia [View all]

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123412

Treatment Facility Construction Continues in Liberia

By Amaani Lyle
DoD News, Defense Media Activity

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The soldiers dispatched to the West African region bring the total there to about 565, with several thousand projected to go this fall.
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The main tent structure assembly is complete for the 25-bed hospital, Warren said, and building of supporting facilities will continue, with completion projected next week. Tent assembly for the first Ebola treatment unit began Oct. 4 and additional site preparation is necessary before vertical construction can begin, he added, with completion expected by the end of the month.

Construction for the second Ebola treatment unit, he said, is expected to begin in the next few days, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 1.
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Additionally, the colonel said, three mobile testing laboratories, complete as of Oct. 3, are up and running and have respectively processed 716, 320, and 88 samples.
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