French President to visit Ebola hit Guinea

Ebola patients are taken to dedicated treatment centres across Guinea

French President Francois Hollande is to arrive in Guinea, becoming the first Western leader to visit a nation hit hard by the deadly Ebola virus. He will deliver "a message of solidarity" to Guinea, where more than 1,200 have died of Ebola.

 
France has pledged 100m euros (£79m; $125m) to help tackle the disease by opening several care centres in Guinea. The outbreak was now "stable" in the West African country, the World Health Organization (WHO) said last week.
 
There were still some flare ups in the south-east, but things were improving in other prefectures, WHO co-ordinator Dr Guenael Rodier told the BBC.

More than 5,400 people have died in the latest outbreak, with Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia the worst hit.