Liberia hunts escaped Ebola victims as WHO calls for controls

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Liberia hunts escaped Ebola victims as WHO calls for controls

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/liberia-hunts-escaped-ebola-victims-calls-controls-164453849.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b2lQa7bvF59dsMhLKpV4rg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-08-18T164453Z_1_LYNXMPEA7H0QO_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-EBOLA-TOLL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Soldiers from the Liberian army monitor a border checkpoint as part of Operation White Shield to control the Ebola outbreak, at an entrance to Bomi County in northwestern Liberia" align="left" title="Soldiers from the Liberian army monitor a border checkpoint as part of Operation White Shield to control the Ebola outbreak, at an entrance to Bomi County in northwestern Liberia" border="0" /></a>By Clair MacDougall and Stephanie Nebehay MONROVIA/GENEVA (Reuters) - Liberia struggled on Monday to track down 17 suspected Ebola carriers who fled quarantine at the weekend, while the U.N. health agency urged affected West African nations to screen all departures in a bid to contain the worst outbreak of the virus. In the Liberian capital Monrovia, police awaited a consignment of protective equipment before redeploying to West Point - a sprawling ocean-front shantytown - to reopen a quarantine center attacked by a rock-throwing crowd on Saturday, allowing patients, who had been isolated, to get away. &quot;We are very, very concerned about the situation,&quot; Information Minister Lewis Brown said, adding that 17 patients were still missing from the center, which was thoroughly looted. They got a supply of protective equipment yesterday and my expectation is that they will redeploy today.&quot; With its healthcare system and government infrastructure struggling to cope, Liberia has been the country hardest-hit by the highly infectious and incurable disease, which has killed 1,145 people in four West African countries.</p><br clear="all"/>

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