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Cameron calls on EU to double Ebola funding

David Cameron has called for EU leaders to double their funding in the fight against Ebola to £800 million.

It comes after one of the doctors who discovered the virus, Professor Peter Piot, said the rest of Europe was not doing enough to tackle the epidemic.

Downing Street said the current total contribution from the EU was just £400 million.

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Briton infected with Ebola arrives to London hospital

A British health worker infected with the deadly Ebola virus has arrived to the Royal Free Hospital in London.

The patient will be treated in the hospital's high-level isolation unit.

The healthcare worker contracted the disease in Sierra Leone and was flown back home in a specially equipped RAF plane.

A Briton infected with the Ebola virus is loaded into an Royal Air Force (RAF) ambulance. Credit: Reuters

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