London — Around 150 British Army personnel left RAF Brize Norton this morning to add to the significant UK efforts to tackle Ebola.
The soldiers, mostly medics from 35 Squadron, 5 Medical Regiment of the Royal Army Medical Corps, are due to arrive in Freetown, Sierra Leone, later today. They will run the Ebola Training Academy - teaching local healthcare workers and hygienists how to protect themselves from infection and how to prevent it in others.
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