The Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola working in Sierra Leone is “critically ill” after being re-admitted to hospital and her condition has “deteriorated”.
A British nurse who contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone is re-admitted to hospital in London due to an “unusual late complication”.
The world’s first large-scale Ebola vaccine trial gets underway in Liberia, as a second British military healthcare worker is flown back to the UK for monitoring after possible exposure to the virus.
A British military healthcare worker is returned to England for Ebola monitoring following a needle injury after treating a patient in Sierra Leone.
A charity involved in treating people with Ebola in west Africa says it is investigating how a British nurse in a critical condition contracted the virus in Sierra Leone.
Italian coastguards take control of another abandoned cargo ship full of migrants – a disturbing trend that is the result of a growing exodus of refugees created by the war in Syria.
Screening measures for Ebola are to be reviewed after a health worker was found to have the virus having flown on from Heathrow after repeated tests.
Nurse Pauline Cafferkey is transferred to London’s Royal Free hospital to be treated for Ebola, as two more people are tested for the disease in Truro and Aberdeen.
Sierra Leone’s north has been locked down over Christmas for at least three days in an attempt to contain the spread of the devastating Ebola virus.
Almost a year after the first death from Ebola, Sierra Leone surpasses its neighbour Liberia as having the highest number of cases in the world.
Footage shot by Street Child in Sierra Leone shows how Ebola is affecting teenagers’ lives – turning children into orphans and outcasts.
The British government’s flagship Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone is running at only a fraction of its capacity as it continues to face challenges.
All is not going well at the British government’s Ebola treatment hospital at Kerry Town. The hospital officially opened on 5 November but is still running at only a fraction of its 92-bed capacity.
The first group of GPs, nurses and other medical staff leave the UK today to fly to Sierra Leone to help treat people with Ebola. More than 1,000 volunteers from the NHS have stepped forwards so far.
Alex Thomson
Hope and desperation live side by side in Sierra Leone, as success in treating the Ebola virus confronts a still growing trail of infections.