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Medecins Sans Frontiers members put on protective gear in Conakry, Guinea. Photo: AFP
Freetown, Sierra Leone: West Africa's Ebola-hit nations have imposed stringent rules to tackle the world's worst-ever outbreak of the tropical virus and agreed to launch a $US100 million ($107 million) response plan at an emergency regional summit.
The leaders of Sierra Leone and Liberia cancelled trips next week for a US-Africa summit in Washington and instead planned to meet in Guinea on Friday "to take the response to a new level", the World Health Organisation said.
A UNICEF worker with a poster on how to prevent the spread of the Ebola. Photo: Reuters
The three countries are struggling to contain an epidemic that has infected more than 1300 people since the start of the year, hit major cities and sparked alarm over its possible spread to other nations.
