Leaders of the three most ravaged nations of the Ebola outbreak - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - are set to meet on Guinea's capital Conakry on Friday in a concerted effort to contain the spread of the virus.

According to Guinea's Minister for Youth Employment Mustapha Naite, Guinea president Alpha Conde will meet with Liberian leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Sierra Leone president Ernest Bai Koroma to coordinate an attack against the epidemic, stressing that "one country cannot just move by itself."

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"It will not be efficient for one country to just have its measures apply. It should be a regionalized strategy to stop this outbreak," Naite said.

He added that once the three nations combine their efforts, close coordination between the Ebola centers would be implemented, thus resulting in improved containment of the epidemic.

World Health Organization (WHO) representatives are also expected to meet with the three West African leaders on Friday to brief them on its US$100 million response plan to send additional medical professionals to assist the already strained domestic and international medical teams in the region.

On Wednesday, Liberia announced additional measures to contain the spread of the Ebola virus, citing its closure of all schools across the nation and the closing off of its borders with Guinea and Sierra Leone.

As of July 27, Guinea has recorded a total of 460 cases related to the Ebola virus with a reported 339 deaths. Liberia has 329 cases with 156 casualties, while Sierra Leone has the most number of recorded cases at 533 with 233 deaths.

Meanwhile, Naite told media that Conde will be pushing through with the trip to Washington next week for the U.S.-Africa summit.

He said that while the Ebola outbreak is a serious concern, Guinea would be hard-pressed to let an opportunity pass where world leaders gathered and discussed the future of Africa.

Liberia's Sirleaf and Sierra Leone's Koroma have both withdrawn from attending the summit, according to Naite.

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