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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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Spanish Ebola suits 'did not meet safety requirements'

Protective suits to combat Ebola infection in Spain did not meet safety requirements, hospital staff where a nurse is being treated for the virus claim.

Medical workers said while regulations establish the need for Level 4 protective equipment, which includes a completely impermeable hazmat-style suit and a respirator, they only had Level 2 protective garments.

Yolanda Fuentes, deputy director at the Carlos III and La Paz hospitals where the woman is being treated along with her husband and two others, denies any breach in safety measures.

She told Spanish newspaper El Pais: “The suits meet all protocol requirements in terms of the protective measures needed for this disease."

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