hunt has been launched in Sierra Leone's
capital, Freetown, for a woman with Ebola
who was forcibly removed from hospital by
her relatives.
Radio stations around the country are
appealing for help to find the 32-year-old who
is being described as a "risk to all".
She is the first Freetown resident to have
tested positive for the virus.
Meanwhile, Nigeria's health minister has
confirmed that a Liberian man has died of
Ebola in Lagos.
According to the Reuters news agency, he
collapsed on arrival in Lagos on Sunday and
was taken from the airport and put in
quarantine at a hospital in the Nigerian city.
Since February, more than 660 people have
died of Ebola in West Africa - the world's
deadliest outbreak to date.
It began in southern Guinea and spread to
Liberia and Sierra Leone. The case in Nigeria is
the first in Africa's most populous country.
Angry protesters
The virus kills up to 90% of those infected but
if patients receive early treatment, they have a
better chance of survival.
It spreads through contact with an infected
person's bodily fluids.
WHO: Latest West Africa Ebola outbreak
figures
Guinea - 314 deaths, 415 cases
Liberia - 127 deaths, 224 cases
Sierra Leone - 219 deaths, 454 cases
Sidi Yahya Tunis, a spokesperson for Sierra
Leone's ministry of health, said the King
Harman Road Hospital was stormed by the
Ebola patient's family on Thursday.
The BBC's Umaru Fofona in Freetown said the
woman, who is an apprentice hairdresser, is a
resident of the densely populated area of
Wellington in the east of the city.
The Ebola cases in Sierra Leone are centred in
the country's eastern districts of Kenema and
Kailahun, just over the border from the
Guekedou region of Guinea where the outbreak
started.
Our reporter says there is increasing anger and
confusion over the handling of the outbreak.
Police say thousands of people have taken to
the streets of Kenema to protest - thronging to
the town's hospital, which treats all Ebola
cases in the district.
The father of a nine-year-old boy has told the
BBC that his son was shot and injured by
police as they tried to put down the angry
demonstration, in which he says his son was
not involved.
Our reporter says the police have not been
able to confirm this as they say they are still
busy with operational matters.
Nurses at Kenema hospital went on strike for a
day on Monday after three of their colleagues
died of suspected Ebola.
Earlier this week, it was announced that the
doctor leading Sierra Leone's fight against
Ebola was being treated for the virus.
On Thursday, the World Health Organization
said that 219 people had died of Ebola in
Sierra Leone.
Ebola virus disease (EVD)
Symptoms include high fever, bleeding and
central nervous system damage
Fatality rate can reach 90%
Incubation period is two to 21 days
There is no vaccine or cure
Supportive care such as rehydrating patients
who have diarrhoea and vomiting can help
recovery
Fruit bats are considered to be the natural
host of the virus.
http://m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28485041

hmmmn

That's a serious case o...... The woman would have infected quite a number before being caught.