Ebola patient escapes Liberia quarantine, chased in market
- 10 years ago
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A man on Monday (September 1) escaped from an Ebola quarantine centre in Monrovia and sent local people fleeing in fear as he walked through a local market in search of food.
The patient, who wore a tag showing he had tested positive for Ebola, held a stick and tried to get away from doctors in the centre in the Paynesville neighbourhood as they arrived on the scene attempting to catch him.
The patient escaped from Monrovia's Elwa hospital, which last month was so crowded it had to turn away Ebola victims.
More than 1,550 people in four West African countries have died from the virus since the outbreak was first recorded in March.
Liberia has the highest infection rate with around 700 deaths out of 1327 suspected and confirmed cases.
One local woman said care for Ebola patients was so inadequate they were not even being fed.
"The patients are hungry, they are starving. No food, no water. The government need to
A man on Monday (September 1) escaped from an Ebola quarantine centre in Monrovia and sent local people fleeing in fear as he walked through a local market in search of food.
The patient, who wore a tag showing he had tested positive for Ebola, held a stick and tried to get away from doctors in the centre in the Paynesville neighbourhood as they arrived on the scene attempting to catch him.
The patient escaped from Monrovia's Elwa hospital, which last month was so crowded it had to turn away Ebola victims.
More than 1,550 people in four West African countries have died from the virus since the outbreak was first recorded in March.
Liberia has the highest infection rate with around 700 deaths out of 1327 suspected and confirmed cases.
One local woman said care for Ebola patients was so inadequate they were not even being fed.
"The patients are hungry, they are starving. No food, no water. The government need to