Fear Spreads in Liberia After 30 Ebola Patients Vanish

Panic has set in in Liberia's capital of Monrovia after almost 30 Ebola patients vanished from a quarantine center and looters ran off with contaminated materials

The incident happened in Monrovia’s highly populated West Point township.

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According to the United Nation's Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), the West Point "shantytown" has about 70,000 residents and suffers from debilitating sanitary conditions. The population has access to only four public toilets, meaning street defecation is commonplace.

"This is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen in my life," a senior Liberia police official told the BBC Read more...

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