Doctors Without Borders say the threat of the disease spreading beyond western Africa, where medics (left) are battling to contain the virus, is frighteningly real and fear it 'can only get worse'.
It comes as British airports like Gatwick (top right) and airlines were placed on high alert to prevent the virus reaching this country. Anyone suspected of having the illness will be quarantined in highly secure isolation units, such as those at the Royal Free Hospital in North London. Experts predict 30,000 people could become infected by the incurable disease in Sierra Leone and Liberia (bottom right). The death toll for this, the worst outbreak recorded since the Ebola virus was discovered in 1976, stands at 672, while more than 1,200 people have been infected.
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