The United Nations (UN) is set to deploy a mission to tackle the Ebola crisis in West Africa with France as the western country to support the move.

France's President Francois Hollande on Thursday announced that they will send a military hospital to southeastern Guinea, the area where Ebola first broke out in March, Reuters relayed.

Like Us on Facebook

The announcement comes as the UN Security Council declared the epidemic as a threat to the "peace and security" of the international community. The death toll of the infection also recently hit 2,630, with 5,357 recorded infections, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Most of the infected patients are from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. However, the infection has now reached Nigeria and Senegal.

The healthcare system of West Africa cannot cope with the level of action required in the situation, so Hollande said the US$194 million (€150 million) worth of aid pledged by the European Union is not enough.

"We must save lives," Hollande firmly said. "I have asked the defense minister to coordinate this action and to include military doctors and the civil protection agency plus air support."

On Thursday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon vowed to organize a special mission for fighting the disease in the affected West African states called the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response.

The international mission's five priorities include stopping the epidemic, treating the patients, deliver the needed health services, maintain stability and prevent more infections, Ban enumerated.

The Security Council also called on states to lift the travel bans implemented earlier due to the Ebola outbreak. The restrictions will only further isolate the affected states and limit response to those in need, the council explained.

U.S. President Barack Obama pledged to send 3,000 soldiers to help stop the outbreak as he said the infection's threat to security has now gone global. Additionally, the UK promised to donate 700 hospital beds to Sierra Leone, a former British colony.

Although there are several Ebola treatments and vaccines being developed, the deadly hemorrhagic disease still has no known cure, the report stated.