{The UK is sending 750 military personnel to Sierra Leone to help deal with the deadly Ebola outbreak, the Ministry of Defence has said.}<\/p>\n
They will help build a treatment facility in the West African country.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola – one of the world’s deadliest viruses.<\/p>\n
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