Ebola is ‘uppermost thing’ on mind of Cameron

British prime minister David Cameron said ebola is the “uppermost thing” on his mind following news that the condition of British nurse Pauline Cafferkey, aged 39, is deteriorating.

Ms Cafferkey, who is being treated in isolation at the Royal Free Hospital in north London, is in a critical condition, the hospital said.

The Scottish public health nurse, who works at Blantyre Health Centre in South Lanarkshire, was part of a 30-strong team of medical volunteers deployed to Sierra Leone by the British government in November and had been working with Save the Children at the Ebola Treatment Centre in Kerry Town.