Mob attacks Ebola treatment centre in Guinea, suspected cases reach Mali


  • World
  • Saturday, 05 Apr 2014

BAMAKO/CONAKRY (Reuters) - An angry crowd attacked an Ebola treatment centre in Guinea on Friday, accusing its staff of bringing the deadly disease to the town, Medecins Sans Frontieres said, as Mali identified its first suspected cases.

More than 90 people have already died in Guinea and Liberia in what medical charity MSF, or Doctors without Borders, has warned could turn into an unprecedented epidemic in an impoverished region with poor health services.

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