Guinea began a campaign on Tuesday to vaccinate at-risk people against Ebola, more than a week after the West African nation reported the first deaths from the viral disease, the World Health Organization said

Over 100 national and international experts will be working on the ground in Guinea by the end of February to combat the Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for Africa said on Thursday

The African Union is due to send an emergency team of experts to Guinea as part of efforts aimed to tackle an Ebola outbreak, recently detected by the government of the Western African nation

Sierra Leone has launched an emergency response against the Ebola virus following reports about an outbreak in neighboring Guinea, according to the country's health ministry