British troops as they landed in Freetown
An advance contingent of British Army troops landed in Lungi yesterday in response to the Ebola epidemic.
Numbering 29, the medical team include a Brigadier and a General.
They will be joined by the full body of the troops to construct 700-bed Ebola treatment centres.
Sierra Leone has been grappling with the disease which has left nearly 600 people killed.
President Ernest Bai Koroma has urged the outside world to help deal with the epidemic saying his country could not do it alone.
Cuba has pledged to send 160 health workers while China has sent both personnel and medical consignments.
(C) Politico 23/09/14
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