The Embassy of the Republic of Liberia in Ghana has allayed fears that the country is nearing collapse as a result of the deadly Ebola epidemic.
According the the Embassy, the epidemic “is under control” in the country.
The Liberian Ambassador to the United States, Jeremiah Sulunteh in an earlier interview with the media, said Liberia was “close to collapse” as a result of the devastating Ebola outbreak.
So for over 3,000 affected persons have been killed.
But the Charge D’Affairs of the Embassy of the republic of Liberia in Ghana, Musu Ruhle in an interview with Citi News refutted the claims.
[contextly_sidebar id=”TQqxwGxBGbjnEoUXp8wllwGVbIidqfoi”]She indicated that the situation has greatly improved, “There are patients leaving the hospitals now who have been treated and are going home and we have empty beds. Before, two three months ago, there were no beds, but now there are empty beds,” she indicated.
She added that personnel of the ambulance service in the country “are saying that they do have enough time to relax and even make fun. So that is a good sign that the awareness is sinking in and things are getting better.”
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that health-care officials would need close to six months to tackle the Ebola outbreak in the worsely affected countries – Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Follows the unanimous adoption of UN has set up the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) in Accra to provide the operational framework and leadership to ensure the rapid, effective and coherent action necessary to stop the Ebola outbreak.
UNMEER will have its headquarters in Accra with offices in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana