VIDEO: UK-funded centre offers hope in Sierra Leone Ebola battle 5 November 2014 Last updated at 06:32 ET A British-run facility to treat people with Ebola is opening in Sierra Leone. The 92-bed site in Kerry Town will be run jointly by the Department for International Development (DfID) and charity Save the Children. The centre is the first of six which are being constructed by the British government as part of the effort to stop the spread of the disease. The UKs Disasters Emergency Committee says it has raised £13m for tackling Ebola, a week after its appeal launch. The DEC, which is made up of 13 British aid charities, is helping to run treatment facilities and care centres. The British Red Crosss Ebola response manager, John English, described the British publics response as very generous and said he hoped it would continue. Meanwhile in the UK, Manchester Airport has begun screening passengers arriving from the worst-affected countries. The facility at Kerry Town south of the capital Freetown includes a new blood testing laboratory. Six hundred more beds are planned at UK centres around the country in the coming months. The centre also provides dedicated beds for infected healthcare workers and separate sites for confirmed and suspected cases. Save the Children chief executive Justin Forsyth said there was a race against time to stop the disease spreading. @BBCNews#Ebola
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 18:01:18 +0000
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