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WASHINGTON - The commander of the Army's 101st Airborne Division at FortCampbell, Kentucky, says a handful of his soldiers are already in Liberia,and more head there next week to build treatment centers and begin trainingmedical personnel.
Maj. Gen. Gary J. Volesky says his soldiers went through a two days oftraining with the Center for Disease Control professionals and others tolearn about the Ebola threat. He says medical personnel from Fort Detrick,Maryland, will be in Kentucky this week to give soldiers a six-hour trainingsession on protective measures, including how to wear special protectionequipment.
He says the soldiers are being told not to shake hands with people inLiberia and to wash their hands frequently.
From 3,000 to 4,000 101st Division soldiers will be going to Liberia.
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