China is stepping up its contribution to the fight against the Ebola virus in West Africa by sending 232 more military medical workers.

The latest contingent will leave Beijing on Tuesday evening to join two teams - one consisting of 154 medical workers from more than 10 hospitals and medical sectors in Liberia; the other comprising 78 workers including a mobile laboratory testing team in Sierra Leone - and will stay in West Africa for two months.

"Fighting Ebola is not a regional battle, but should be supported globally," said Cui Li, deputy director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission.