Liberian Observer Reports That Ebola Killed 8 Soldiers, including medics at EBK (Unconfirmed by governement so far)

[Emily]

When the paper contacted Defense Assistant Minister for Public Affairs, David K. Dahn, he would neither confirm nor deny the reports. See the article for more. Desertions may be occurring at other bases, too, due to panic.

If true, this indicates the need for better access control.

http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/ebola-kills-8-soldiers

Ebola Kills 8 Soldiers
Fri, 10/03/2014 - 00:24 admin
-Kesselly Barracks Deserted
By:
C.Y. Kwanue
At least eight soldiers, among them two commissioned officers and two medical staff, have reportedly lost their lives to the deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD), the Daily Observer has reliably learnt.

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The deceased, according to our source, contracted Ebola recently at the Edward Binyan Kesseley (EBK) Barracks when a lady unsuspected of carrying the disease, visited one of the victims....

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?When she slept at the EBK, it was thereafter the soldiers contracted the disease, and could not survive despite ?intensive treatment? at the various Ebola Treatment Units in Monrovia,? our source disclosed....