Doctors Without Borders likens Ebola epidemic to "wartime"
- 10 years ago
People lined up outside checkpoints near Monrovia, Liberia's capital... hoping to see their families in a region quarantined by the Ebola outbreak.
Hunger is spreading fast. Famers are dying, leaving crops behind to rot. Food deliveries have been halted, truck drivers terrified of the highly infectious disease.
JoAnne Liu, International President of Doctors Without Borders, says the fear is real.
"I really had the feeling that it is a wartime, in terms of fear, general fear, all over where you are, nobody not understanding what is going on."
But experimental drugs are being brought into Liberia, in hopes they prove effective against the deadly virus.
Health worker, Antee Nagbah says the drugs have raised hopes.
"I am very much fine and happy, that this drug is in our country."
The epidemic has taken more than a thousand lives... the majority from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, althouigh Doctors Without Borders says it may take another six m
Hunger is spreading fast. Famers are dying, leaving crops behind to rot. Food deliveries have been halted, truck drivers terrified of the highly infectious disease.
JoAnne Liu, International President of Doctors Without Borders, says the fear is real.
"I really had the feeling that it is a wartime, in terms of fear, general fear, all over where you are, nobody not understanding what is going on."
But experimental drugs are being brought into Liberia, in hopes they prove effective against the deadly virus.
Health worker, Antee Nagbah says the drugs have raised hopes.
"I am very much fine and happy, that this drug is in our country."
The epidemic has taken more than a thousand lives... the majority from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, althouigh Doctors Without Borders says it may take another six m