介绍:
There are conflicting reports over the fate of 17 Ebola patients who have disappeared after a quarantine centre in the Liberian capital Monrovia was looted.
An angry mob attacked the facility Saturday evening.
Officials say all of the patients have been moved to another medical facility.
However, media reports have been suggesting 17 patients are unaccounted for, with some apparently escaping on their own and others being taken away by family members.
The Ebola outbreak in West African has killed over 11-hundred people, with at least 400 deaths in Liberia.
The assault on the facility over the weekend comes amid reports of growing frustration among locals in Monrovia, who have been complaining of, what they see, as a slow response by the local government to the Ebola outbreak.
The complaints come amid word a man's body has left lying on the street in the city.
Lafayette Diggs is a former Liberian Ambassador to the African Union.
"I've been trying to get in touch so they can come and remove it, and nobody has come. I've been phoning the people and there's been promises, but up until today, two days now, this dead body has been on the corner, and nobody has responded to our request to have the body removed. This is mediocrity."
For more on the situation in Liberia's capital, we spoke earlier with Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, spokesperson for the World Health Organization on the ground in Monrovia.
Aphaluck Bhatiasevi with the World Health Organization in Monrovia, Liberia.
Meanwhile, a Nigerian woman has died in the United Arab Emirates after showing symptoms similar to Ebola.
The woman was traveling from Nigeria to India for cancer treatment.
All who have had contact with the patient are currently under quarantine, pending the result of Ebola testing.
Kenya has now issued a ban on passengers arriving from the three main Ebola-hit countries, namely Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.
Kenya Airways is also suspending flights into Liberia and Sierra Leone.
No Ebola case has been reported in Kenya so far, with 4 suspected cases of the virus turning out to be negative.
The World Health Organization has listed Kenya at high-risk for the virus, as it is a regional transport hub in Africa.
Meanwhile, another group of Chinese medical staffers has arrived in Sierra Leone to help deal with the ebola outbreak.
China already has medical teams in Guinea and Liberia.
