Ebola Outbreak: 'We'll Do Whatever It Takes To Protect UK' says Philip Hammond

The [United Kingdom's] Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says he will work with infectious disease experts to do 'whatever it takes' to protect the UK from the largest ever outbreak of the Ebola virus, which is currently sweeping West Africa

Health officials in the UK have been ordered to be on the look out for the deadly Ebola virus as the Government's emergencies committee meets to discuss the "serious threat" emerging from the largest ever outbreak of the disease.  Fears have been sparked that the epidemic that has swept West Africa, killing more than 670 people, could spread to the UK after it emerged that two people have been assessed for the virus in Britain.  A man was checked over in Birmingham but tests for the deadly virus proved negative, a Department of Health spokeswoman said.

Reports suggest the man was tested earlier this week after he travelled from Benin in Nigeria via Paris to the Midlands. Meanwhile, another patient visited London's Charing Cross Hospital over fears he had the virus, but doctors ruled out the need for an Ebola test.  The Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, who will chair a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergencies committee on Wednesday, said that the oubreak might have implications for the UK...