Liberia: Ebola Deaths Drop? A Lot of Empty Beds, Fewer Pickups Now

In Bardnersville, on the outskirts of Monrovia, Morris Mohammed Kromah survived Ebola, but 12 family members did not. Struggling to hold back emotions after losing the twelfth, his 12-year-old daughter last week, Kromah will no doubt be among the unlucky thousands of Liberians to benefit from Ebola units being constructed by the U.S. government in various parts of the country. For Kromah, he wishes the U.S. had built those Ebola units sooner.

Maj. General Darryl Williams, Joint Task Force Commander, Operation United Assistance, says none of those facilities would be completed and available for use until at least in December. "We are building 17 Ebola Treatment Units," he says upon arrival in Bomi County, Wednesday to assess the US-funded Ebola isolation units being constructed by U.S. and Liberian troops. "There will be about eight in the southeast. They'll be in Maryland, Zorzor, Zwedru, Ganta." These days, Kromah seems more worried about stigmatization issues as residents and neighbors demand that he shows proof that he is no longer infected with the virus.

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