Fidel Castro says Cuba will send extra doctors to help fight Ebola

As demands grow for more international help to fight Ebola, Cuba's former president, Fidel Castro, has said his country will send almost 300 extra doctors and nurses to Africa.

He also said Cuba was ready to cooperate with the United States in the interest of global peace.

The announcement came as President Obama urged Americans to avoid hysteria over Ebola, as Donna Larsen reports.

Donna Larsen reports.