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            Red Cross Concerned About Ebola Worker Attacks in Guinea

   by VOA News

   The Red Cross says its Ebola workers in Guinea are being attacked an
   average of 10 times per month, endangering efforts to stop the spread
   of the disease.

   In a statement Thursday, the International Red Cross said the most
   recent incident was Sunday in the town of Forecariah, western Guinea,
   where two workers were beaten while trying to conduct a safe burial for
   Ebola victims.

   Safe burials are crucial to stopping the spread of the disease, the Red
   Cross says, because dead bodies can still transmit the virus.
   "As long as people have misconceptions about how Ebola is spread, and
   continue to prevent volunteers from doing their work, we will not stop
   the disease," Youssouf Traore, president of the Red Cross Society of
   Guinea, told reporters.

   The number of new Ebola cases in Guinea has risen in the past few weeks
   after a long, steady decline.

   President Barack Obama said Wednesday he is withdrawing most of the
   remaining American troops deployed in West Africa to combat the Ebola
   epidemic.

   The United States deployed a total of 3,000 personnel to set up Ebola
   treatment units and other infrastructure to fight the virus.

   Obama said because the troops were so effective, all but about 100 will
   return home by April 30. The president said 1,500 personnel have
   already returned.

   The worst Ebola outbreak in world history has killed almost 9,000
   people. The World Health Organization warns that challenges remain in
   bringing the number of cases down to zero and urged West Africans to
   maintain the measures used to contain the virus.

   The disease is transmitted through contact with the bodily fluids of an
   infected person.
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