Hong Kong authorities are bolstering Ebola virus prevention measures and have prepared a quarantine facility on Lantau Island. This response follows the WHO's declaration of an international public health emergency.

Hong Kong authorities have prepared a quarantine facility on Lantau Island as they step up efforts to guard against the potential spread of the deadly Ebola virus following an outbreak in Central Africa. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Tuesday it was working closely with stakeholders to implement stringent prevention and control measures after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern”. The latest outbreak began.....