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Nov
While Mr Abbott acknowledged the outbreak had been a terrible disaster for Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, none were major economies.
“I don’t want to minimise the seriousness of the outbreak, but I also want to keep it in perspective,” he told reporters in Sydney on Wednesday.. “This is a public health emergency. It’s not a security emergency and it’s certainly not an economic emergency. “I don’t think at this stage we want to overestimate the impact of Ebola on the global economy.” However, Mr Abbott said Ebola would be discussed if raised by leaders at the summit in Brisbane. “But my very, very strong concern is to try to keep the G20 as an economic forum, not as a security forum, not as a public health forum,” he said.
Source: http://m.perthnow.com.au/news/breaking-news/ebola-not-on-g20-summit-agenda-abbott/story-fnhrvfuw-1227113775603?nk=1b953064fa2b04deb706c77e9762047a