Ebola: UK sending 750 troops to Sierra Leone

{The UK is sending 750 military personnel to Sierra Leone to help deal with the deadly Ebola outbreak, the Ministry of Defence has said.}

They will help build a treatment facility in the West African country.

More than 3,400 people have died during the current Ebola outbreak, nearly all of them in West Africa. In Sierra Leone the death toll is at least 678.

There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola – one of the world’s deadliest viruses.

BBC

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