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Panic as deadly Ebola virus spreads across West Africa

When everyone is an apparent threat, a potential

carrier of the deadly Ebola virus, panic inevitably

rises. Yesterday, as rumours spread that Ebola could

be caught by breathing the same air as the victims,

that fear turned into violence.

Since the outbreak of the deadly strain of Zaire

Ebola in Guinea in February, around 90 people have

died as the disease has travelled to neighbouring

Sierra Leone, Liberia and Mali. The outbreak has sent

shock waves through communities who know little of

the disease or how it is transmitted. The cases in Mali

have added to fears that it is spreading through West

Africa.

A spokesman for the medical charity Médecins

Sans Frontières (MSF) said yesterday that a treatment

centre where patients were isolated in Macenta,

265 miles south-east of Guinea’s capital, Conakry,

had come under attack from an “angry crowd” who

accused health workers of bringing the disease to the

town, where at least 14 people have died from Ebola.

“We have evacuated all our staff and closed the

treatment centre,” the MSF spokesman Sam Taylor

said. “We’re working with the authorities to try and

resolve this problem as quickly as possible so we can

start treating people again.” He later told Bloomberg:

“We fully understand that the outbreak of Ebola is

alarming for the local population, but it is essential in

the fight against the disease that patients remain in

the treatment centre.”

It was not clear how many people had been

injured in the incident. A government statement said

the support of aid groups such as MSF and the

British Red Cross was essential. It called for “calm

and serenity to enable our partners to support us

to eradicate this epidemic” and added: “Only the

recognition of the existence of the disease can help in

the fight against it.”

There is no cure for Ebola, which causes fever

and severe bleeding. Aid workers have described

the outbreak in West Africa as an “unprecedented

epidemic”.

Trust in the authorities in Conakry reached a

low ebb on Friday, with many residents blaming the

government for not immediately quarantining an

individual who was said to have carried the virus to the

capital from the remote and heavily-forested south,

where the bulk of the cases are concentrated. Sixteen

cases have been reported in Conakry, of which

five people have died, a World Health Organisation

spokesman said.

“How can we trust them now? We have to look

after ourselves,” Dede Diallo, a Conakry resident who

stopped working and has kept her children at home

since the outbreak, told the Associated Press.

Dr Adinoyi Ben Adeiza, from the International

Federation of the Red Cross, was part of the team

tasked with tackling Ebola when it broke out in

Uganda in 2012. Dr Adeiza told The Independent on

Sunday: “The only thing that can be done is to prevent

it spreading.”

He added: “This is a major challenge for

countries such as Guinea which have weak health

systems, mainly because [they don’t have] adequate

resources... to set up isolation centres for affected

people.”

In London, the Foreign Office warned Britons

travelling to Guinea to maintain strict standards of

hygiene and avoid eating bushmeat.

Available at: <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/ africa/panic-as-deadly-ebola-virus-spreads-across-west- -africa-9241155.html>. Retrieved on: 20 July 2014. Adapted

Panic as deadly Ebola virus spreads across West Africa

When everyone is an apparent threat, a potential

carrier of the deadly Ebola virus, panic inevitably

rises. Yesterday, as rumours spread that Ebola could

be caught by breathing the same air as the victims,

that fear turned into violence.

Since the outbreak of the deadly strain of Zaire

Ebola in Guinea in February, around 90 people have

died as the disease has travelled to neighbouring

Sierra Leone, Liberia and Mali. The outbreak has sent

shock waves through communities who know little of

the disease or how it is transmitted. The cases in Mali

have added to fears that it is spreading through West

Africa.

A spokesman for the medical charity Médecins

Sans Frontières (MSF) said yesterday that a treatment

centre where patients were isolated in Macenta,

265 miles south-east of Guinea’s capital, Conakry,

had come under attack from an “angry crowd” who

accused health workers of bringing the disease to the

town, where at least 14 people have died from Ebola.

“We have evacuated all our staff and closed the

treatment centre,” the MSF spokesman Sam Taylor

said. “We’re working with the authorities to try and

resolve this problem as quickly as possible so we can

start treating people again.” He later told Bloomberg:

“We fully understand that the outbreak of Ebola is

alarming for the local population, but it is essential in

the fight against the disease that patients remain in

the treatment centre.”

It was not clear how many people had been

injured in the incident. A government statement said

the support of aid groups such as MSF and the

British Red Cross was essential. It called for “calm

and serenity to enable our partners to support us

to eradicate this epidemic” and added: “Only the

recognition of the existence of the disease can help in

the fight against it.”

There is no cure for Ebola, which causes fever

and severe bleeding. Aid workers have described

the outbreak in West Africa as an “unprecedented

epidemic”.

Trust in the authorities in Conakry reached a

low ebb on Friday, with many residents blaming the

government for not immediately quarantining an

individual who was said to have carried the virus to the

capital from the remote and heavily-forested south,

where the bulk of the cases are concentrated. Sixteen

cases have been reported in Conakry, of which

five people have died, a World Health Organisation

spokesman said.

“How can we trust them now? We have to look

after ourselves,” Dede Diallo, a Conakry resident who

stopped working and has kept her children at home

since the outbreak, told the Associated Press.

Dr Adinoyi Ben Adeiza, from the International

Federation of the Red Cross, was part of the team

tasked with tackling Ebola when it broke out in

Uganda in 2012. Dr Adeiza told The Independent on

Sunday: “The only thing that can be done is to prevent

it spreading.”

He added: “This is a major challenge for

countries such as Guinea which have weak health

systems, mainly because [they don’t have] adequate

resources... to set up isolation centres for affected

people.”

In London, the Foreign Office warned Britons

travelling to Guinea to maintain strict standards of

hygiene and avoid eating bushmeat.

Available at: <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/ africa/panic-as-deadly-ebola-virus-spreads-across-west- -africa-9241155.html>. Retrieved on: 20 July 2014. Adapted

Panic as deadly Ebola virus spreads across West Africa

When everyone is an apparent threat, a potential

carrier of the deadly Ebola virus, panic inevitably

rises. Yesterday, as rumours spread that Ebola could

be caught by breathing the same air as the victims,

that fear turned into violence.

Since the outbreak of the deadly strain of Zaire

Ebola in Guinea in February, around 90 people have

died as the disease has travelled to neighbouring

Sierra Leone, Liberia and Mali. The outbreak has sent

shock waves through communities who know little of

the disease or how it is transmitted. The cases in Mali

have added to fears that it is spreading through West

Africa.

A spokesman for the medical charity Médecins

Sans Frontières (MSF) said yesterday that a treatment

centre where patients were isolated in Macenta,

265 miles south-east of Guinea’s capital, Conakry,

had come under attack from an “angry crowd” who

accused health workers of bringing the disease to the

town, where at least 14 people have died from Ebola.

“We have evacuated all our staff and closed the

treatment centre,” the MSF spokesman Sam Taylor

said. “We’re working with the authorities to try and

resolve this problem as quickly as possible so we can

start treating people again.” He later told Bloomberg:

“We fully understand that the outbreak of Ebola is

alarming for the local population, but it is essential in

the fight against the disease that patients remain in

the treatment centre.”

It was not clear how many people had been

injured in the incident. A government statement said

the support of aid groups such as MSF and the

British Red Cross was essential. It called for “calm

and serenity to enable our partners to support us

to eradicate this epidemic” and added: “Only the

recognition of the existence of the disease can help in

the fight against it.”

There is no cure for Ebola, which causes fever

and severe bleeding. Aid workers have described

the outbreak in West Africa as an “unprecedented

epidemic”.

Trust in the authorities in Conakry reached a

low ebb on Friday, with many residents blaming the

government for not immediately quarantining an

individual who was said to have carried the virus to the

capital from the remote and heavily-forested south,

where the bulk of the cases are concentrated. Sixteen

cases have been reported in Conakry, of which

five people have died, a World Health Organisation

spokesman said.

“How can we trust them now? We have to look

after ourselves,” Dede Diallo, a Conakry resident who

stopped working and has kept her children at home

since the outbreak, told the Associated Press.

Dr Adinoyi Ben Adeiza, from the International

Federation of the Red Cross, was part of the team

tasked with tackling Ebola when it broke out in

Uganda in 2012. Dr Adeiza told The Independent on

Sunday: “The only thing that can be done is to prevent

it spreading.”

He added: “This is a major challenge for

countries such as Guinea which have weak health

systems, mainly because [they don’t have] adequate

resources... to set up isolation centres for affected

people.”

In London, the Foreign Office warned Britons

travelling to Guinea to maintain strict standards of

hygiene and avoid eating bushmeat.

Available at: <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/ africa/panic-as-deadly-ebola-virus-spreads-across-west- -africa-9241155.html>. Retrieved on: 20 July 2014. Adapted

Panic as deadly Ebola virus spreads across West Africa

When everyone is an apparent threat, a potential

carrier of the deadly Ebola virus, panic inevitably

rises. Yesterday, as rumours spread that Ebola could

be caught by breathing the same air as the victims,

that fear turned into violence.

Since the outbreak of the deadly strain of Zaire

Ebola in Guinea in February, around 90 people have

died as the disease has travelled to neighbouring

Sierra Leone, Liberia and Mali. The outbreak has sent

shock waves through communities who know little of

the disease or how it is transmitted. The cases in Mali

have added to fears that it is spreading through West

Africa.

A spokesman for the medical charity Médecins

Sans Frontières (MSF) said yesterday that a treatment

centre where patients were isolated in Macenta,

265 miles south-east of Guinea’s capital, Conakry,

had come under attack from an “angry crowd” who

accused health workers of bringing the disease to the

town, where at least 14 people have died from Ebola.

“We have evacuated all our staff and closed the

treatment centre,” the MSF spokesman Sam Taylor

said. “We’re working with the authorities to try and

resolve this problem as quickly as possible so we can

start treating people again.” He later told Bloomberg:

“We fully understand that the outbreak of Ebola is

alarming for the local population, but it is essential in

the fight against the disease that patients remain in

the treatment centre.”

It was not clear how many people had been

injured in the incident. A government statement said

the support of aid groups such as MSF and the

British Red Cross was essential. It called for “calm

and serenity to enable our partners to support us

to eradicate this epidemic” and added: “Only the

recognition of the existence of the disease can help in

the fight against it.”

There is no cure for Ebola, which causes fever

and severe bleeding. Aid workers have described

the outbreak in West Africa as an “unprecedented

epidemic”.

Trust in the authorities in Conakry reached a

low ebb on Friday, with many residents blaming the

government for not immediately quarantining an

individual who was said to have carried the virus to the

capital from the remote and heavily-forested south,

where the bulk of the cases are concentrated. Sixteen

cases have been reported in Conakry, of which

five people have died, a World Health Organisation

spokesman said.

“How can we trust them now? We have to look

after ourselves,” Dede Diallo, a Conakry resident who

stopped working and has kept her children at home

since the outbreak, told the Associated Press.

Dr Adinoyi Ben Adeiza, from the International

Federation of the Red Cross, was part of the team

tasked with tackling Ebola when it broke out in

Uganda in 2012. Dr Adeiza told The Independent on

Sunday: “The only thing that can be done is to prevent

it spreading.”

He added: “This is a major challenge for

countries such as Guinea which have weak health

systems, mainly because [they don’t have] adequate

resources... to set up isolation centres for affected

people.”

In London, the Foreign Office warned Britons

travelling to Guinea to maintain strict standards of

hygiene and avoid eating bushmeat.

Available at: <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/ africa/panic-as-deadly-ebola-virus-spreads-across-west- -africa-9241155.html>. Retrieved on: 20 July 2014. Adapted

Panic as deadly Ebola virus spreads across West Africa

When everyone is an apparent threat, a potential

carrier of the deadly Ebola virus, panic inevitably

rises. Yesterday, as rumours spread that Ebola could

be caught by breathing the same air as the victims,

that fear turned into violence.

Since the outbreak of the deadly strain of Zaire

Ebola in Guinea in February, around 90 people have

died as the disease has travelled to neighbouring

Sierra Leone, Liberia and Mali. The outbreak has sent

shock waves through communities who know little of

the disease or how it is transmitted. The cases in Mali

have added to fears that it is spreading through West

Africa.

A spokesman for the medical charity Médecins

Sans Frontières (MSF) said yesterday that a treatment

centre where patients were isolated in Macenta,

265 miles south-east of Guinea’s capital, Conakry,

had come under attack from an “angry crowd” who

accused health workers of bringing the disease to the

town, where at least 14 people have died from Ebola.

“We have evacuated all our staff and closed the

treatment centre,” the MSF spokesman Sam Taylor

said. “We’re working with the authorities to try and

resolve this problem as quickly as possible so we can

start treating people again.” He later told Bloomberg:

“We fully understand that the outbreak of Ebola is

alarming for the local population, but it is essential in

the fight against the disease that patients remain in

the treatment centre.”

It was not clear how many people had been

injured in the incident. A government statement said

the support of aid groups such as MSF and the

British Red Cross was essential. It called for “calm

and serenity to enable our partners to support us

to eradicate this epidemic” and added: “Only the

recognition of the existence of the disease can help in

the fight against it.”

There is no cure for Ebola, which causes fever

and severe bleeding. Aid workers have described

the outbreak in West Africa as an “unprecedented

epidemic”.

Trust in the authorities in Conakry reached a

low ebb on Friday, with many residents blaming the

government for not immediately quarantining an

individual who was said to have carried the virus to the

capital from the remote and heavily-forested south,

where the bulk of the cases are concentrated. Sixteen

cases have been reported in Conakry, of which

five people have died, a World Health Organisation

spokesman said.

“How can we trust them now? We have to look

after ourselves,” Dede Diallo, a Conakry resident who

stopped working and has kept her children at home

since the outbreak, told the Associated Press.

Dr Adinoyi Ben Adeiza, from the International

Federation of the Red Cross, was part of the team

tasked with tackling Ebola when it broke out in

Uganda in 2012. Dr Adeiza told The Independent on

Sunday: “The only thing that can be done is to prevent

it spreading.”

He added: “This is a major challenge for

countries such as Guinea which have weak health

systems, mainly because [they don’t have] adequate

resources... to set up isolation centres for affected

people.”

In London, the Foreign Office warned Britons

travelling to Guinea to maintain strict standards of

hygiene and avoid eating bushmeat.

Available at: <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/ africa/panic-as-deadly-ebola-virus-spreads-across-west- -africa-9241155.html>. Retrieved on: 20 July 2014. Adapted

Panic as deadly Ebola virus spreads across West Africa

When everyone is an apparent threat, a potential

carrier of the deadly Ebola virus, panic inevitably

rises. Yesterday, as rumours spread that Ebola could

be caught by breathing the same air as the victims,

that fear turned into violence.

Since the outbreak of the deadly strain of Zaire

Ebola in Guinea in February, around 90 people have

died as the disease has travelled to neighbouring

Sierra Leone, Liberia and Mali. The outbreak has sent

shock waves through communities who know little of

the disease or how it is transmitted. The cases in Mali

have added to fears that it is spreading through West

Africa.

A spokesman for the medical charity Médecins

Sans Frontières (MSF) said yesterday that a treatment

centre where patients were isolated in Macenta,

265 miles south-east of Guinea’s capital, Conakry,

had come under attack from an “angry crowd” who

accused health workers of bringing the disease to the

town, where at least 14 people have died from Ebola.

“We have evacuated all our staff and closed the

treatment centre,” the MSF spokesman Sam Taylor

said. “We’re working with the authorities to try and

resolve this problem as quickly as possible so we can

start treating people again.” He later told Bloomberg:

“We fully understand that the outbreak of Ebola is

alarming for the local population, but it is essential in

the fight against the disease that patients remain in

the treatment centre.”

It was not clear how many people had been

injured in the incident. A government statement said

the support of aid groups such as MSF and the

British Red Cross was essential. It called for “calm

and serenity to enable our partners to support us

to eradicate this epidemic” and added: “Only the

recognition of the existence of the disease can help in

the fight against it.”

There is no cure for Ebola, which causes fever

and severe bleeding. Aid workers have described

the outbreak in West Africa as an “unprecedented

epidemic”.

Trust in the authorities in Conakry reached a

low ebb on Friday, with many residents blaming the

government for not immediately quarantining an

individual who was said to have carried the virus to the

capital from the remote and heavily-forested south,

where the bulk of the cases are concentrated. Sixteen

cases have been reported in Conakry, of which

five people have died, a World Health Organisation

spokesman said.

“How can we trust them now? We have to look

after ourselves,” Dede Diallo, a Conakry resident who

stopped working and has kept her children at home

since the outbreak, told the Associated Press.

Dr Adinoyi Ben Adeiza, from the International

Federation of the Red Cross, was part of the team

tasked with tackling Ebola when it broke out in

Uganda in 2012. Dr Adeiza told The Independent on

Sunday: “The only thing that can be done is to prevent

it spreading.”

He added: “This is a major challenge for

countries such as Guinea which have weak health

systems, mainly because [they don’t have] adequate

resources... to set up isolation centres for affected

people.”

In London, the Foreign Office warned Britons

travelling to Guinea to maintain strict standards of

hygiene and avoid eating bushmeat.

Available at: <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/ africa/panic-as-deadly-ebola-virus-spreads-across-west- -africa-9241155.html>. Retrieved on: 20 July 2014. Adapted