Liberia doctors to get ‘untested’ ebola medication

Liberia said it would treat two infected doctors with the scarce experimental ebola drug ZMapp, the first Africans to receive the treatment, while authorities in Spain said a priest had died of the disease.

The death toll from the worst ever outbreak of the highly contagious disease has climbed to 1,013 since it was discovered in remote southeastern Guinea in March, according to the World Health Organisation.

It said ZMapp doses were very scarce, raising ethical questions of who should have priority.