Ebola Outbreak

August 11, 2014

Eight Chinese quarantined in Ebola-hit S.Leone

Eight Chinese quarantined in Ebola-hit S.Leone

File: Players of the ”FC Gberedou Abobo” football team poses with a sign reading ”Stop ebola in Africa” prior to a football tournament gathering youth from Guinea near the Koumassi sports center in Abidjan on August 10, 2014. West Africa was counting the cost of measures to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic on August 10, as unprecedented restrictions caused snarled transport, food shortages and soaring prices. AFP PHOTO

FREETOWN (AFP) – Eight Chinese medical workers who treated patients suffering from the deadly Ebola virus have been placed in quarantine in Sierra Leone, the Chinese ambassador in Freetown said Monday.

Seven Chinese doctors and one nurse, as well as five local nurses who treated Ebola patients, have been placed in quarantine, said ambassador Zhao Yanbo.