Fears has however heightened that the EVD
might spread further in the region after 29 patients fled when armed
men attacked their isolation ward in Monrovia, Liberia on Friday.
A witness was quoted by The Mailonline as saying that the Liberian gunmen smashed down the doors of the ward and looted medical supplies.
“They broke down the doors and looted the place. The patients all fled,” said Rebecca Wesseh, who witnessed the attack.
The Head of Health Workers Association of Liberian, George Williams, confirmed the incident.
Armed men attacked an Ebola isolation
ward in Liberia’s capital city of Monrovia, as seen from the roof of an
abandoned hotel on Friday. A total of 29 patients fled the ward in
terror.
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