A British humanitarian worker in Sierra Leone has told of the country’s desperate bid to contain the deadly Ebola virus, as NHS staff prepare to travel to Africa to help tackle the outbreak.

The British nurse who survived Ebola has hinted he could return to the country where he contracted the virus to help fight the outbreak.

British ebola survivor William Pooley told how he feared for his life after catching the deadly virus.

The first Briton known to have caught the deadly Ebola virus in the current outbreak in West Africa is being discharged from hospital.

Ebola still has the “upper hand” in the outbreak that has killed more than 1,400 people in West Africa, but experts have the means to stop it, an American expert has said.

Ebola sufferer William Pooley has been treated with experimental drug ZMapp, medical staff said today.

British Ebola victim William Pooley told of Sierra Leone’s poverty and his brushes with the country’s political elite shortly before he was struck down by the potentially deadly virus.