Ebola Crisis: Liberia Orders Curfew And Quarantine

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Ebola Crisis: Liberia Orders Curfew And Quarantine

Liberia has imposed a night-time curfew and has quarantined a slum in the capital Monrovia in a bid to halt the deadly Ebola outbreak.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said the curfew would be from 21:00 local time to 06:00 (21:00-06:00 GMT).

She said all movement would be blocked in and out of the West Point slum.

Meanwhile, three doctors with Ebola who started taking an experimental drug last week showed remarkable signs of improvement, a Liberian minister said.

Information Minister Lewis Brown said the government only received a small number of ZMapp doses.

He said the drug was given to one Nigerian and two Liberian doctors who had caught Ebola while helping to save the lives of other victims of the virus.

The drug was first given earlier this month to two US aid workers, who were flown home for treatment from Liberia.

They are also reportedly recovering, but a 75-year-old Spanish priest who contracted Ebola in Liberia died in Spain last week despite being given the drug.

Ebola has no known cure but the World Health Organization (WHO) has ruled that untested drugs can be used in light of the scale of outbreak in West Africa.

Since the beginning of the year, 1,229 people have died of the virus.

It is transmitted by direct contact with the body fluids of an infected person.

Initial flu-like symptoms can lead to external haemorrhaging from areas such as eyes and gums, and internal bleeding which can cause organ failure.

The outbreak began in Guinea and has since spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
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Published: 2014-08-20 07:46:55

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coyote Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: April 25 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8395	Post Options Post Reply Quote coyote Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Ebola Crisis: Liberia Orders Curfew And Quarantine Posted: August 20 2014 at 3:08am
	Ebola Crisis: Liberia Orders Curfew And Quarantine Liberia has imposed a night-time curfew and has quarantined a slum in the capital Monrovia in a bid to halt the deadly Ebola outbreak. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said the curfew would be from 21:00 local time to 06:00 (21:00-06:00 GMT). She said all movement would be blocked in and out of the West Point slum. Meanwhile, three doctors with Ebola who started taking an experimental drug last week showed remarkable signs of improvement, a Liberian minister said. Information Minister Lewis Brown said the government only received a small number of ZMapp doses. He said the drug was given to one Nigerian and two Liberian doctors who had caught Ebola while helping to save the lives of other victims of the virus. The drug was first given earlier this month to two US aid workers, who were flown home for treatment from Liberia. They are also reportedly recovering, but a 75-year-old Spanish priest who contracted Ebola in Liberia died in Spain last week despite being given the drug. Ebola has no known cure but the World Health Organization (WHO) has ruled that untested drugs can be used in light of the scale of outbreak in West Africa. Since the beginning of the year, 1,229 people have died of the virus. It is transmitted by direct contact with the body fluids of an infected person. Initial flu-like symptoms can lead to external haemorrhaging from areas such as eyes and gums, and internal bleeding which can cause organ failure. The outbreak began in Guinea and has since spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Story from peacefmonline.com News: http://news.peacefmonline.com/pages/news/201408/211425.php Published: 2014-08-20 07:46:55
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coyote Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: April 25 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8395	Post Options Post Reply Quote coyote Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 20 2014 at 3:10am
	I have a feeling that The Ebola count is about to explode..Stay Tuned.
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pheasant Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: May 20 2006 Location: Florida Status: Offline Points: 9851	Post Options Post Reply Quote pheasant Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 20 2014 at 7:26am
	you need to check out some of the videos showing the "west point slum" It is absolutely ghastly situation there, latrines going down the middle of the streets, massive rubbish piles, and scavenging areas. The people are packed in like sardines, in corrugated metal huts.
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