The first case of the deadly Ebola virus diagnosed on US soil has been confirmed by the US Center for Disease Control (CDC).
An outbreak of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
A British nurse has begun treatment for Ebola at a hospital in north-west London, after contracting the virus in Sierra Leone.
Doctors are performing tests on the body of a man who died in County Donegal, Ireland, after developing Ebola-like symptoms, the Irish Health Service Executive has said.
Both US aid workers that had become infected with the Ebola virus have been released from hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, after their treatment was found to have been effective.