‘Ebola drug would take months to produce’

Africans battling to contain the spread of ebola will have to wait for months until a potentially life-saving experimental drug used on two Americans infected with the dreaded disease would be manufactured, officials said.

Soldiers in two of the infected countries have been deployed to try to stem further spread of the virus.

Even if the experimental drug ZMapp is produced in large quantities, its ability to treat ebola is unproven, and no commitment has been publicly made to provide it to Africa.