Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Thousands of children orphaned, rejected as Ebola wrecks families

Police carry out forensic testing for the Ebola virus on a corpse found on a street in Monrovia By David Lewis and Stephanie Nebehay DAKAR/GENEVA (Reuters) - Two days after his mother died of Ebola at a clinic in the Liberian capital Monrovia last month, four-year-old John was put into foster care so he could be monitored for the disease. John's new guardian, an Ebola survivor, was immune to the deadly virus and happy to look after him. But when neighbors heard of the plan, they refused to allow them home fearing the boy might infect them too. ...








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