A leading physician in Sierra Leone’s fight against Ebola has died from the disease, an official said.

A leading physician in Sierra Leone’s fight against Ebola has died from the disease, an official said.

As the largest ebola outbreak in history tears through rural villages and towns in Africa, and — for the first time ever — major cities which are overcrowded and ill- prepared, eye-witnesses recount the sheer horror at ground level.

The deadliest recorded Ebola outbreak surpassed 700 deaths across West Africa as the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced dozens of new deaths reported in the last several days.

The British government's emergencies committee is to meet to discuss how to tackle the “new and emerging” threat of Ebola, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said as fears mounted that the deadly virus could spread to the UK.