Ebola: At last US agrees to provide Liberia experimental drup, ZMapp

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The Liberian president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, announced yesterday that their country will get sample doses of experimental drug, ZMapp to take care of doctors contaminated with Ebola

A record published on Mrs Sirleaf's website on Monday said the US had approved a request from Liberia to ship the medicine following a direct appeal US President Barack Obama on Friday.

But spokesperson for the US Health and Human Services (HHS) Department said US authorities had simply assisted in connecting the Liberian government with the drug's manufacturer, insisting that the drug company had worked directly with the Liberian government.

Meanwhile the deaths from Ebola has passed the 1,000 mark. Late yesterday, the World Health Organization said 1,013 folks have now died from Ebola.