BRAVE: Will Pooley and Justine Greening met local medics in Freetown [PA]

Brave Will Pooley was out and about in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown as he joined the fight to contain the outbreak that has claimed more than 4,500 lives.

He will be working at an Ebola isolation unit run by British medical staff helping to train local doctors.

The medic toured a suburb of the city with International Development Secretary Justine Greening yesterday.

She met Will during a two-day visit to see how Britain’s £125million aid package was helping contain the epidemic.

Will, from Eyke, Suffolk, became the first Brit to contract the virus and was flown home in August.

He was treated at London’s Royal Free Hospital. Just before he flew to the West African nation, he said: “I’m delighted to be returning to Sierra Leone.

“I would like to once again thank the team at the Royal Free Hospital and the RAF who provided me with such excel- lent treatment and support.

“The real emergency is in West Africa, and the teams out there need all the support we can give them.

“I am now looking forward to getting back out there and doing all I can to pre- vent as many unnecessary deaths as possible.

“I know my mum and dad are worried but they support me because they know this is something I have to do.”

Dr Oliver Johnson, pro- gramme director for the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership, said: ‘The situation here in Freetown is getting worse by the day and so Will's experience and commitement will be vital."