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Tuesday 2 September 2014

Watch Dramatic Moment Desperate Ebola Escapee Dragged Back Into Quarantine Truck

Ebola patient tries to escape
Footage: Men in protective clothing force the man back into the back of the truck
This shocking footage shows the moment an Ebola patient who escape quarantine in search of food is forced into the back of a truck after being recaptured.
The footage, broadcast by Sky News, was captured in Monrovia, Liberia, in West Africa, which is currently in the grip of an Ebola epidemic.
The man was wearing a red shirt marked with a tag telling people he has tested positive for Ebola.
He had reportedly escaped from doctors at a local hospital.

The hospital has reportedly had to turn away Ebola sufferers due to overcrowding.
The deadly disease has claimed the lives of more than 1,200 people since the outbreak began.

The World Health Organisation has warned as many as 20,000 people could be infected before the outbreak is over.
Hero nurse Will Pooley was Britain's first known case of the disease, after working with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone.
The deadly virus is believed to be caused by wild animals (specifically fruit bats) coming into contact with humans.
Outbreaks of Ebola have a 90% fatality rate and there is no known vaccine or treatment.

SkyEbola patient tries to escape
Drama: The van is driven off

Health workers have gone on strike at a major state-run Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone, over pay and poor working conditions, it has been reported.
Sierra Leone's government is struggling to cope with the worst Ebola outbreak in history, that has killed more than 1,550 people across West Africa, with the rate of infection still rising.
The country's new health minister, Abubakarr Fofana, who took over on Friday after his predecessor was sacked, said on Saturday that a doctor from the Kenema facility had died.

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