Liberian President Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf declared a 90-day state of emergency over Ebola as West African
nations struggle to control an outbreak of the virus that has left at least 932
people dead.
Speaking on national television she said “extraordinary
measures” that may result in suspending some citizens’ rights to stop the
spread of the viral disease in the country, Johnson-Sirleaf said yesterday in a
televised speech in the capital, Monrovia.
The Ebola outbreak has also hit Guinea, Sierra Leone and
Nigeria, killing more than 930 people. World Health Organization (WHO) experts are meeting in
Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss a response to the outbreak.
The two-day meeting will decide whether to declare a global
health emergency.
A WHO statement on Wednesday said 932 patients had died of
the disease in West Africa so far, with most of the latest fatalities reported
in Liberia, where at least 282 have died of the virus.
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