
It was confirmed today friday that their is an out break of Ebola virus in Senegal.Senegal becomes the fifth country to be effected with Ebola virus.According to Red Cross officials in Guinea,a riot broke out in a city called Nzerekore,on thursday night over rumors that health workers had infected people with Ebola virus.A crowd of young men,some armed with clubs and knives,set up barricades across the southern city on thursday and threatened to attack the hospital before security forces moved into restore order.Gun shuts were fired and several people were injured.According to the president of the Guinean Red cross,he said that ''A rumor,which was totally false,spread that we had sprayed the market in order to transmit the virus to locals.People revolted and it resorted to violence,prompting soldiers to intervene''.Local Red cross workers had to flee to the military camp with their medical equipment.More than 400 people have died in Guinea,though the infection rate is slower than in neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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