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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Brynn on September 02, 2014, 07:07:22 PM
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Liberia warns of Ebola becoming global crisis
Liberian President: We need hope, help
(CNN) - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Monday that the situation over the massive Ebola outbreak in her country "remains grave."
"Our health delivery system is under stress. The international community couldn't respond quickly," Johnson Sirleaf told CNN's Nima Elbagir in an interview.
Liberia is one of three nations, including Guinea and Sierra Leone, at the center of the deadliest outbreak of Ebola in history. More than 1,500 people have died from the highly infectious virus since March.
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The World Health Organization has confirmed more than 3,000 cases and says the outbreak is still accelerating across West Africa.
Johnson Sirleaf also extended the stay-at-home order for all nonessential government employees for another month on Monday, underscoring the still dangerous health conditions the Ebola virus is causing in the country.
The order went into effect on July 30.
A statement on the President's website said the order is still necessary as efforts to contain the spread of the often fatal virus continue.
But Johnson Sirleaf sounded hopeful. She said conditions are slowly improving and that the world is responding to the epidemic, realizing the catastrophe that could unfold if the virus were to spread beyond Africa's borders.
In a positive sign over the weekend, the quarantine on the Township of West Point in the capital city of Monrovia was lifted on Saturday.
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Johnson Sirleaf ordered the quarantine lifted "based on the advice of authorities of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, as well as consultations with local and international partners," according to the online statement.
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Diseases and epidemics will certainly be more frequent with time. This is the new war. The soldiers are scientists at war with each other. I had a discussion about biowarfare with ma tonight. Riveting. She mentioned this documentary about a virus where people's guts came out. It was shielded by the media. I've been looking for it online but can't find it. If anyone knows of this virus please let me know.