Ebola outbreak reaches Senegal, riots break out in Guinea

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(Reuters) - The West African state of Senegal became the fifth country to be touched by the world's worst Ebola outbreak on Friday, while riots broke out in neighboring Guinea where infection rates are rising fast.

In the Guinean city of Nevermore, riots broke out on Thursday night over rumors that health workers had infected people with the Ebola virus, a Red Cross official and residents said.

A crowd of young men, some armed with clubs and knives, set up barricades across the southern city on Thursday and threatened to attack the hospital before security forces moved in to restore order.

"A rumor, which was totally false, spread that we had sprayed the market in order to transmit the virus to locals," Traore said. "People revolted and resorted to violence, prompting soldiers to intervene."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/29/us-health-ebola-idUSKBN0GS1SU20140829

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1. Authorities spent 3 weeks looking for a student from Guinea that concealed his contact with victims

in his home country.

Weird story, and a bit unsettling.