UK Will Deploy More Than 750 Soldiers And A Medical Ship To Fight The Ebola Epidemic In Sierra Leone

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Emergency Ebola Meeting: UK Will Deploy More Than 750 Soldiers And Medical Ship To Fight Ebola Epidemic In Sierra Leone -- Daily Mail

* Prime Minister David Cameron chaired a Cobra committee meeting today
* Health secretary Jeremy Hunt, defence secretary Michael Fallon, international development secretary Justine Greening all attended
* Chief of Defence Staff General Sir Nicholas Houghton was also present
* 750 troops and the ship RFA Argus will be deployed to West Africa
* The RFA Argus has a fully-equipped hospital including a critical care and high-dependency units
* Minister Norman Baker said Ebola screening should be brought in at airports
* Four hospitals in Liverpool, Sheffield, Newcastle and London put on standby
* Chief medical officer has warned medics to remain vigilant to signs of virus
* Universities and schools also told to look out for Ebola symptoms in pupils

More than 750 British military personnel and a medical ship will be deployed to West Africa to help fight the Ebola epidemic.

The ship, RFA Argus, which has a fully-equipped hospital including critical care and high-dependency units, will be sent to Sierra Leone, along with three Merlin helicopters, it is understood.

The latest effort by Britain to help curb the spread of the deadly virus emerged following a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergency committee, chaired today by the Prime Minister.

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