The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa began in Guinea in December
2013. From there, it quickly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Cases
also appeared in Senegal and Nigeria, and a separate outbreak appeared
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Today, Liberia lies is at the
center of the epidemic, with more than 3,000 cases of infection. About
half of them have been fatal.
As President Barack Obama announced that he would be sending American military personnel to West Africa to help combat the epidemic, VICE News traveled to the Liberian capital of Monrovia to spend time with those on the front lines of the outbreak.
In Part 1, we meet confused and distressed people trying to receive treatment in the increasingly chaotic city, and speak to an ambulance driver doing his best to aid the sick.
Watch Part 2:
As President Barack Obama announced that he would be sending American military personnel to West Africa to help combat the epidemic, VICE News traveled to the Liberian capital of Monrovia to spend time with those on the front lines of the outbreak.
In Part 1, we meet confused and distressed people trying to receive treatment in the increasingly chaotic city, and speak to an ambulance driver doing his best to aid the sick.
Watch Part 2:
