Officials
in Guinea say a team of health workers and journalists who were trying
to raise awareness about Ebola may have been kidnapped.
Meanwhile,
President Francois Hollande says France is setting up a military
hospital in Guinea as part of its contribution to tackle the disease.
More than 2,600 people have now died from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
It is the
world’s worst outbreak of the deadly disease, with officials warning
that more than 20,000 people could ultimately be infected.
The UN Security Council is due to discuss the outbreak later on Thursday.
Last month,
riots erupted in the area of Guinea where the health team went missing –
near where the outbreak was first recorded – after rumours that medics
who were disinfecting a market were contaminating people.
The three
doctors and three journalists went missing on Tuesday after residents in
the village of Wome pelted them with stones as they visited the
village.
One of the
journalists managed to escape and told reporters that she could hear the
villagers looking for them while she was hiding.
The governor of Nzerekore told the BBC that the group were being held captive, although it remains unclear why.
