Guinea, South Africa – Bodies of 7 Ebola health workers have been found after they went missing in an effort to raise awareness of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, which began 9 months ago.
The Guinea prime minister confirmed that the bodies of 7 Ebola health workers have been found finally, after they went missing since Tuesday. Witnesses also confirmed that the team was set to raise awareness of Ebola outbreak in Womey, a remote village wherein residents are in a state of denial concerning the disease or suspicious about foreign health workers.
Based on records, several health workers failed to return, including 3 journalists and their director, as well as two doctors from the local hospital. Authorities believed they were held captives by unknown parties. As an urgent care, officials attempted to reach them, but there was a significant delay in their attempts since residents destroyed passageways, such as bridges leading to the said village.
On a late Thursday state television announcement, Mohamed Said Fofana stated authorities had already located the bodies of 7 Ebola health workers who were abducted, including 3 dead bodies of Guinean radio journalists, who were supposedly only to provide an urgent care clinic and coverage of the education efforts.
Damantang Albert Camara, a government spokesperson said the bodies were located in Latrine village. There was no need for any urgent care clinics because there was no way to save their lives as their throats were slit. Camara emphasized some are still missing from the group.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said the Ebola outbreak in five African countries has been the world’s biggest epidemic ever recorded in history. As much as possible, people in western African regions should be given an urgent care near me relief of the issue, sending adequate health workers and medical supplies consistently.
However, WHO admitted the shortage of workers and supplies in addressing an epidemic which is likely to last for many more months. The majority of Ebola cases is in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, and health workers sent to these regions have been attacked by citizens. More than 30,000 volunteers will raise awareness and thousands of soldiers to enforce curfew in Sierra Leone starting Thursday.
The crisis has recently picked up international responses, thus, the United States will send nearly 3,000 troops to Liberia, the country with the hardest outbreak hit, in order to provide desperately-needed quarters and boots. The president of France also said a military hospital will be necessary in tackling the disease in Guinea, setting aside the bodies of 7 Ebola health workers, while preventing similar, unfortunate circumstances not only in Guinea, but als the entire South Africa.
