UK faces possible Ebola outbreak, Hammond warns — RT UK
The Ebola virus poses “a serious threat” to Britain, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has warned.
The statement came as
the foreign secretary was to chair an emergency COBRA meeting on
Wednesday to discuss the crisis.
Speaking to Sky News on Wednesday, Hammond said that COBRA would
assess the situation and “look at any measures that we need
to take either in the UK, or in our diplomatic posts abroad in
order to manage the threat."
“We are very much focused on it as a new and emerging threat
which we need to deal with," he added.
Doctors work in a laboratory on collected samples of the Ebola virus (Reuters / Edward Echwalu)
