Seirra Leone

Fighting Ebola: US donates $75mn to Liberia

The American aid agency has announced it would donate USD 75 million to fund 1,000 more beds in Ebola treatment centers in Liberia and buy 1,30,000 more protective suits for health care workers.

US missionary with Ebola identified, as American survivor shares story

A third US missionary infected with the Ebola virus in Liberia was identified on Wednesday, even as a fellow aid worker with the same Christian organisation publicly shared her battle with the deadly virus for the first time.

Fear of Ebola driving away health workers, rues UN

Fear of contracting the deadly Ebola virus is hampering efforts to recruit international health workers and slowing the delivery of protective garments and other vital materials to stricken areas in West Africa, World Health Organization officials said on Wednesday.