The World Health Organization (WHO) says Ebola serum could be available for Africa patients very soon, reports the BBC.
Published : 22 Oct 2014, 10:51 AM
The serum, made from blood of recovered Ebola patients, is expected to reach Liberia, one of the countries worst hit by the virus.
WHO Assistant Director General for health system and innovation Marie Paule Kieny said work was also advancing quickly to get drugs and a vaccine ready for Jan 2015.
The Ebola outbreak has already claimed more than 4,500 lives.
Most of the deaths have been in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
"There are partnerships which are starting to be put in place to have capacity in the three countries to safely extract plasma and make preparation that can be used for the treatment of infective patients," said Kieny, speaking at Geneva on Wednesday.
"The partnership which is moving the quickest will be in Liberia where we hope that in the coming weeks there will be facilities set up to collect the blood, treat the blood and be able to process it for use," added the WHO official.
It is still unclear how much will become available and whether it could meet demand.