There are so many of them they now have a label: Ebola orphans. Here is the story of eight brothers and sisters who lost both parents, a sibling, and were shunned by terrified family and friends.
The World Health Organisation says the number of Ebola cases should surpass 9,000 by the end of this week, as the British government continues to deport people to Ebola-affected countries.
A medical ship, is being loaded with supplies and will depart for Sierra Leone on Friday as part of Britain’s bid to halt the Ebola outbreak.
Guinea President Alpha Condé tells Channel 4 News that people in west Africa do not understand why they cannot touch one another or bury their dead. “We are very tactile people.”
Usifu Jalloh, a musician and playwright from Sierra Leone, tells Channel 4 News that Britain must prepare to tackle Ebola.
Critics call the government’s response to Ebola “shambolic” as a national exercise to test Britain’s readiness for an outbreak takes place. But what danger does the killer virus pose to Britain?
With more than 3,400 people dead in west Africa and 7,500 infected in the latest Ebola outbreak, 300,000 people sign a petition demanding action… to save an infected dog.
British Nurse William Pooley is close to tears as he recalls the deaths of a young brother and sister aged four and seven, and pleads for action against Ebola to save the lives of millions of people.
The Ebola epidemic has exposed Sierra Leone’s inability to combat a health crisis. Days after the country’s nationwide lockdown, it is still the disabled and the elderly who are most vulnerable.
With the spread of Ebola now out of control in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea a vaccine now being tested in the UK is probably the only hope for eventually stopping the outbreak.
Jonathan Miller
If we weren’t living in such dangerous times, West Africa’s Ebola emergency would not have to do battle with the Islamic State and a belligerent Vladimir Putin to grab world attention.
The World Health Organisation warn the Ebola virus is spreading fast in Liberia, as scientists move one step closer to finding a working vaccine after a drug protected monkeys for 10 months.
The first Briton to get Ebola is flown into London for treatment, as the death toll rises to 1,427 people. Channel 4 News speaks to the man who discovered Ebola and charts the spread of the disease.
Nurse William Pooley, the first Briton to contract Ebola in Sierra Leone, is an “extraordinary guy” who was working at the “ground zero” of the outbreak, his colleague tells Channel 4 News.
A Briton infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone is being evacuated to the UK, the African country’s health ministry says.