| Posted: October 09, 2014
The Falmouth based hospital ship Royal Fleet Auxiliary Argus and three Merlin helicopters from RNAS Culdrose are being sent to West Africa to help deal with the Ebola outbreak.
The RFA Argus is expected into Falmouth in the next couple of days to stock up with supplies before leaving for Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, and could be used to evacuate British casualties.
She will be carrying 250 military personnel who will support the helicopters, aircrew and engineers and provide transport support to medical teams and aid experts.
The Prime Minister made the decision to send the Argus and helicopters after chairing a meeting of Cobra.
The latest figures show 3,879 people have died in the West African epidemic.
The vast majority of deaths have been in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where 879 have died.
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