In Liberia, the police dispersed the protesters against the introduction of quarantine in one of the areas of the capital due to Ebola's fever

In Liberia, covered by the fever of Ebola , from which there is no effective vaccine, the police dispersed the protest rally that began due to the introduction of quarantine in one of the areas of the capital of Monrovia. Law enforcement officers used tear gas to accelerate the crowd of demonstrators. As Reuters reports, none of the inhabitants was injured.

Police forces on the morning of August 20 began to block the roads leading to the area where the quarantine regime was announced. According to local residents, the authorities did not warn about this extent. The police erected barricades from tables, chairs and barbed wire, thereby making up many of many inhabitants of the Liberian capital.

Some residents did not have time to purchase products, someone has already gone to work in other areas. As a result, the indignant crowd gathered, urging to get out of the barricaded area, but the police did not allow this. According to law enforcement agencies, the demonstrators began to throw stones in law enforcement officers, because of which the police had to use tear gas.

According to eyewitnesses, no one was injured as a result of dispersing the protest. We add that the quarantine was announced in the area where the patients infected with the Ebola virus previously fled from the clinic. On August 17, a group of armed people attacked the medical center, as a result of which all the patients contained in the building were free in the city with a population of 1.3 million people.

In Liberia, more than 400 people died from Ebola’s fever, the disease was diagnosed in 116 people. Liberia authorities decided to introduce a curfew in the country at night due to a outbreak of mortal illness. The restrictive measure will be valid from 21:00 to 06:00 local time (01: 00-10: 00 Moscow time. - Approx. Newsru.com ). We add that on August 6 in Liberia it was announced the beginning of a state of emergency. In accordance with it, strict control was introduced at border points, a restriction on travel, as well as a ban on moving from one city to another.

On July 31, the introduction of an emergency regime in Sierra Leone was announced, on August 8 - in Nigeria, on August 13 - in Guinea. According to the World Health Organization, the Ebola virus was diagnosed in 2240 people, the number of victims was 1229 people. According to Reuters, the state authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo report several deaths, accompanied by symptoms of Ebola's fever. So far, however, it is not very clear whether it is possible to say that the patients have died from this virus terrorizing African countries.