TV reports country to buy four million units of drug made by Arcturus Therapeutics and Singapore's Duke-NUS medical school, recently granted permission to begin clinical trails

Number of deaths in Africa reaches 1,000; believing the worst is behind them, some European countries are looking to open up

Directive applies to travelers from Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore; Foreign Ministry frets over diplomatic fallout from stringent measures to prevent outbreak

Health Ministry expands directives to contain outbreak; El Al reduces flights to Bangkok

With 56 killed and some 2,000 cases -- including the first in Canada -- authorities are taking precautions, including banning private cars; Hong Kong Disneyland closes temporarily