Liberia: Health Workers Complain of Limited Supply of PPEs, No Medication for Confirmed Coronavirus Victims
MONROVIA, March 20 -- Despite multiple press conferences held by the health authorities on their preparedness to contain the Coronavirus in Liberia, there are emerging reports from the 14 Military Hospital which is being used as a quarantine center for the infected and high-risk individuals, that lack of medication and Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) remain a major challenge in caring for those quarantined there.
In September 2014, during the height of the Ebola
Virus Disease, the lack of PPE, the hazardous material-style suits which guard against
infectious diseases, became a major impediment in the fight
against the virus, causing nurses to strike, leaving several hundreds of infected
persons at the time helpless.
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