Save the Children have vowed that “no stone will be left unturned” in its investigation into how a British nurse contracted Ebola whilst working in Sierra Leone.
Two children are being tested for Ebola at an infectious diseases clinic in Newcastle after arriving in the UK from West Africa.
An Indian national who returned to Delhi from Liberia has tested positive for Ebola, the first case of the deadly disease in the country.
An Ebola vaccine could be available as early as 2015, but while this could certainly help to combat the spread of Ebola, more must be done to address the other infrastructural obstacles faced by people living in third world communities, and modern technology could significantly reduce the impact of these outbreaks.
The person being treated in isolation in a Belfast hospital has tested negative for Ebola.