Cobra, the Government’s emergency committee, met to discuss the growing threat of the killer virus, which has so far killed more than 670 people in west Africa.
Mr Hammond said that no British national had been affected by the outbreak, although several have been tested.
However experts in Africa warned funding was running out to solve the problem and charity Action Aid said the current outbreak was the worst the world had seen.
Mike Noyes, the head of humanitarian response at the organisation, called on the government to take a “wider view of the crisis rather than put up barriers.”
He said: “In Sierra Leone we have 45 days’ funding to tackle this outbreak in some of the most highly infected areas.
“We are about halfway through that and in 20 days this situtation will not be resolved. This is the worst Ebola outbreak the world has ever seen and the most worrying thing about it is not just the numbers of people dying, but how long it is going on for.
“Most outbreaks last six weeks to two months, they flare up and then die down again. This one began in February and is speeding up rather than slowing down.
“If anyone could answer the question ‘Why?’, we might be able to stop it. Instead, the reach of the spider web of infection is growing.”
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