{"id":51912,"date":"2014-09-29T05:12:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T05:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=51912"},"modified":"2014-09-29T05:18:40","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T05:18:40","slug":"liberias-chief-medical-officer-under-ebola-quarantine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/liberias-chief-medical-officer-under-ebola-quarantine-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberia’s chief medical officer under Ebola quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"
Liberia’s chief medical officer has put herself under quarantine for 21 days, after one of her assistants died from the deadly Ebola virus.<\/p>\n
Bernice Dahn, a deputy health minister, said she had no symptoms but wanted to take every precaution.<\/p>\n
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says more than 3,000 people have died from Ebola in West Africa.<\/p>\n
Liberia has been the worst hit by the disease, accounting for 1,830 deaths – 150 in the last two days alone.<\/p>\n
Health workers have been particularly vulnerable to the virus, which is spread by the infected bodily fluids of patients.<\/p>\n
Health organisations recommend isolating people for at least 21 days, which is the maximum incubation period for the virus.<\/p>\n
‘Every precaution’<\/p>\n
Ms Dahn told the BBC on Saturday that she herself had decided to go into quarantine and wanted to abide by that rule.<\/p>\n
She said she had not come into contact with any other infected people, apart from the office assistant who died this week, but wanted to take every precaution.<\/p>\n