A World Health Organization panel of medical ethicists has ruled it is ethical to offer uNPRoven drugs or vaccines to people infected or at risk of infection in West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak.
WHO Assistant Director-General Marie-Paule Kieny,
"There was unanimous agreement among the experts that the special circumstances of this Ebola outbreak, it is ethical to offer unregistered interventions as potential treatments or prevention."
Kieny says there were some caveats when performing experimental treatments.
"These include transparency about all aspects of care, informed consent, freedom of choice, confidentiality, respect for person and preservation of dignity and with the involvement of the community."
In the latest development, a Spanish priest who was flown back to Spain from the Liberian capital of Monrovia suffering from the Ebola virus died on Tuesday morning.
Father Miguel Pajares, who was 75-year-old, had spent decades working in hospitals in the African city.
Over 1,000 people are confirmed dead in the outbreak in West Africa so far.
Meanwhile, one of three Chinese medical teams sent to West Africa has now arrived in Guinea to provide training to local doctors in the use of the protective gear from China.
The second batch of Chinese medical aid has arrived in the West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia earlier. The consignment includes protective clothing, disinfectants and medicines.
Liu Linna is the head of the Chinese delegation in Guinea.
"And also the Chinese government takes many medicines and other protective equipment to help the local people. So, they are here to donate this equipment and also to teach them how to use this equipment."
Liberian acting foreign minister Sylvester Grigsby expressed appreciation for the Chinese aid.
"We are very appreciative of these supplies. As you know this is a situation that is unknown to us and all of the help we can get from our friends is very much appreciated, very very much appreciated. This consignment as we see contain some protective gear and we hope that will help reinforce the efforts that we are making for containment."
Here in China, the customs authority is asking customs checkpoints across the country to strengthen inspections to prevent the deadly virus from entering China.
Customs checkpoints have been also told to work with the quarantine authority in case of any suspected infections.
