EBOLA VICTIM: Terrified relatives dump an Ebola victim on the street for fear of contacting the virus in Liberia
A young man lies dead in the streets of Liberia, left to rot in view of passers-by and local children.
He is just one of many Ebola victims to have been dragged out of their homes and dumped on the country's roads by terrified relatives in a desperate bid to avoid being quarantined.
The deadly virus, which can cause victims to suffer from severe bruising and bleeding from the eyes and mouth, has claimed the lives of nearly 900 people across West Africa so far.
Today, Information Minister, Lewis Brown, said locals had started dragging their loved ones' bodies onto the streets out of fear that the new government regulations would risk their own health.
With less than half of those infected surviving the disease, many Africans regard Ebola isolation wards as death traps, he said.
'They are therefore removing the bodies from their homes and are putting them out in the street,' Mr Brown told Reuters.
He is just one of many Ebola victims to have been dragged out of their homes and dumped on the country's roads by terrified relatives in a desperate bid to avoid being quarantined.
The deadly virus, which can cause victims to suffer from severe bruising and bleeding from the eyes and mouth, has claimed the lives of nearly 900 people across West Africa so far.
Today, Information Minister, Lewis Brown, said locals had started dragging their loved ones' bodies onto the streets out of fear that the new government regulations would risk their own health.
With less than half of those infected surviving the disease, many Africans regard Ebola isolation wards as death traps, he said.
'They are therefore removing the bodies from their homes and are putting them out in the street,' Mr Brown told Reuters.
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