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Anger, mistrust in Guinea villages hinders battle to beat Ebola
BY SALIOU SAMB
CONAKRY Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:09pm IST
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In a sign of the resistance and distrust, medical kits sent by the government to schoolchildren were destroyed by villagers in Ourekaba, southern Guinea. Sylla said that locals thought the kits had been sent to contaminate the children.
Two security officials who arrived to investigate reports of a secret Ebola burial were lynched last week by a crowd in Sinkine, in the Forecariah region about 100 km from the capital Conakry, a police source said.
While in Sierra Leone, some communities have been reluctant to change their behaviour, the problem in Guinea appears more acute, with health workers still being denied access altogether.
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While case numbers are falling in Guinea, the virus continues to spread geographically. The Boffa district reported cases last week for the first time since late June.
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"The end game will be tough in Guinea."
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/health-ebola-guinea-idINKBN0KW20220150123
BY SALIOU SAMB
CONAKRY Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:09pm IST
...
In a sign of the resistance and distrust, medical kits sent by the government to schoolchildren were destroyed by villagers in Ourekaba, southern Guinea. Sylla said that locals thought the kits had been sent to contaminate the children.
Two security officials who arrived to investigate reports of a secret Ebola burial were lynched last week by a crowd in Sinkine, in the Forecariah region about 100 km from the capital Conakry, a police source said.
While in Sierra Leone, some communities have been reluctant to change their behaviour, the problem in Guinea appears more acute, with health workers still being denied access altogether.
...
While case numbers are falling in Guinea, the virus continues to spread geographically. The Boffa district reported cases last week for the first time since late June.
...
"The end game will be tough in Guinea."
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/health-ebola-guinea-idINKBN0KW20220150123