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| Ebola crisis: Liberia finds 'missing patients' | Ebola crisis: Liberia finds 'missing patients' |
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| Seventeen suspected Ebola patients who went missing in Liberia after a health centre in the capital was attacked have been found, a minister has said. | Seventeen suspected Ebola patients who went missing in Liberia after a health centre in the capital was attacked have been found, a minister has said. |
| "They were traced and finally they turned themselves in" at a treatment centre, Lewis Brown told the BBC. | "They were traced and finally they turned themselves in" at a treatment centre, Lewis Brown told the BBC. |
| The government had previously denied they were missing. | The government had previously denied they were missing. |
| New UN figures show that 1,229 people have now died since the beginning of this year in the outbreak that has also hit Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria. | New UN figures show that 1,229 people have now died since the beginning of this year in the outbreak that has also hit Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria. |
| The World Health Organization (WHO) says there were 84 deaths reported between 14 and 16 August. | |
| Ebola has no known cure, but the WHO has ruled that untested drugs can be used to treat patients in light of the scale of the current outbreak - the deadliest to date. | |
| It is transmitted by direct contact with the body fluids of an infected person. Initial flu-like symptoms can lead to external haemorrhaging from areas such as eyes and gums, and internal bleeding which can cause organ failure. | |
| 'A hoax' | |
| The Liberian health minister said the missing patients were now at the newly expanded treatment unit opened over the weekend at the John F Kennedy Memorial Medical Center in the capital, Monrovia. | |
| Mr Brown also said the health of three Liberian doctors infected with Ebola had improved after they receiving the experimental drug Zmapp. | |
| Two US missionaries, who were flown home from treatment from Liberia, are reportedly recovering from the virus after taking doses of the same medicine. | |
| The drug was also given to a 75-year-old Spanish priest who contracted Ebola in Liberia, but he died in Spain last week. | |
| The attack on the quarantine centre, where 37 people were being held in Monrovia's densely populated West Point township, took place on Saturday evening. | |
| There are conflicting reports over what sparked the riot, in which medical supplies were also stolen. | |
| Officials said the protesters were unhappy that patients were being taken there from other parts of the capital. Other reports suggested the protesters had believed Ebola was a hoax and wanted to force the centre to close. | |
| The BBC's Jonathan Paye-Layleh in Monrovia says there are also reports that the mattresses and linen being used by patients were taken during the attack. | |
| Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) | Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) |