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Liberia: Ebola Threat - S.D. Cooper Hospital Closed - 30 Quarantined

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Fri, 2015-02-20 17:38 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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S.D.A. Cooper Hospital in Sinkor - Monrovia, Liberia

allafrica.com - by Bettie Johnson - February 20, 2015

Monrovia — At one of Liberia's private hospitals, more than 30 persons are said to be quarantined after authorities say a woman who knew she had Ebola deliberately tried to infect the staff of the S.D. Cooper Hospital in Sinkor. Madam Amanda Blah who died early this month disguised herself and went to over three health facilities including Mawah, JFK and S.D. Cooper.

The death of Blah followed when her cousin named Steve Yadolo who died from the virus in the Bong Mines bridge community, but infected three persons, including Blah, his sister Marlene Yadolo, and brother Elijah Yadolo who are presently at an ETU in the country.

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Fri, 2015-02-20 20:54 — Kathy Gilbeaux

ndtv.com - Agence France-Presse - February 21, 2015

Monrovia:  Liberia put a group of patients under observation on Friday at a hospital in the capital Monrovia after they had contact with a woman infected with the deadly Ebola virus.

Deputy health minister Tolbert Nyensuah said the SD Cooper Hospital in Sinkor, an administrative district housing the United Nations, was remaining open and no one was being held against their will.

"The hospital has not been closed. No one is under quarantine. What we have done is that we have disinfected the hospital and we are doing contact tracing on several persons," he told AFP.

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