The United Nations Ebola coordinator David Nabarro says slow progress is being made in tackling the virus in West Africa while calling for people not to stygmatise those from countries affected.

British foreign minister Philip Hammons visited an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone, where the UK has concentrated its effort fighting the deadly fever.

He says they’ll have established 700 treatment beds in country by the end of the year.

US health officials tell congress they’ve trained 250 000 American doctors, nurses and and other health workers to safely handle any Ebola patients who arrive in their country.

It’s part of the $6,2 billion emergency aid request by President Barak Obama to fight the disease in West Africa and guard against it at home.

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