#Ebola Crisis Intensified in Liberia as 29 Infected Escaped West Point Clinic The Ebola crisis in Liberia has intensified as up 29 infected with the deadly virus escaped the quarantine zone on Saturday and melted into the streets of overpopulated West Point, a township of Monrovia, media outlets report. Its an informal community, a slum, with no running water or toilets. People can live seven or more to a single dwelling, and the density is dangerous: A positive Ebola patient disappearing into the maze of metal shacks can be a public health horror story, BuzzFeed writes. On August, 16, an armed mob attacked the clinic in West Point, chanting No Ebola! and looted the place. They said, The president says you have Ebola, but you don’t have Ebola, you have malaria. Get up and go out! said Jemimah Kargbo, a health care worker, as cited by BuzzFeed.
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:28:16 +0000
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