More Brits jets down Ebola- Hit - Sierra Leone this morning: Around 150 British Army personnel left RAF Brize Norton yesterday and arrived this morning to add to the significant UK efforts to tackle Ebola.The soldiers, mostly medics from 35 Squadron, 5 Medical Regiment of the Royal Army Medical Corps,arrive in Freetown, Sierra Leone, today. They will run the Ebola Training Academy - teaching local healthcare workers and hygienists how to protect themselves from infection and how to prevent it in others. Traveling to Sierra Leone with UK troops was International Development Secretary Justine Greening.She will visit a treatment facility in Kerry Town and a DfID- funded Ebola Training Academy.Major General Tim Radford, the General Officer Commanding Force Troops Command - in charge of most of the deploying troops - was on hand in the early hours to wish his personnel well on their deployment.He said: This is the third group of soldiers who have deployed to Sierra Leone in support of the DfID operation to help tackle the crisis. They will join more than 300 soldiers who arrived over a month ago and have been instrumental in setting up the infrastructure and treatment facilities across the west of the country.
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:56:15 +0000
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