Infected Ebola patients flee after attack on Liberia clinic

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Infected Ebola patients flee after attack on Liberia clinic

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-patients-flee-attack-liberia-isolation-ward-002954011.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/55NmGZQqvQmRb125UVxnkA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-PAR-Par7952391-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People walk under the rain by a school that was used as an isolation ward for Ebola patients on August 17, 2014 in the West Point district of Monrovia" align="left" title="People walk under the rain by a school that was used as an isolation ward for Ebola patients on August 17, 2014 in the West Point district of Monrovia" border="0" /></a>Seventeen Ebola patients in Liberia who fled from a guarantine centre after it was attacked by club-wielding youths were missing on Sunday, striking a fresh blow to efforts to contain the deadly virus. The attack on the Monrovia centre late Saturday highlighted the challenge faced by health authorities battling the epidemic that has killed 1,145 people since it erupted in west Africa early this year, spreading panic among local populations. The attackers, mostly young men armed with clubs, shouted insults about President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and yelled &quot;there's no Ebola,&quot; she said, adding that nurses had also fled the centre. A health ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the youths took away medicines, mattresses and bedding from the high school which had been turned into an isolation centre to deal with the rapidly spreading virus.</p><br clear="all"/>

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