Armed robbers in Guinea have stolen a batch of blood samples
infected with Ebola virus as they were
in transit for delivery to a test centre. The robbers held up a minibus
near the town of Kissidougou which was transporting the samples.
According to AP, the blood was stored in a sealed container
and was being escorted by four Red Cross officials.
Guinea authorities publicly appealed on national radio to
the unidentified robbers to hand over the stolen samples that are understood to
have been taken from a single person.
Guinea Red Cross press officer Faya Etienne Tolno explained
that the Guinea Red Cross did not have its own vehicles for transport, which
explains why a taxi was commissioned.
‘We don’t understand why they stole the blood sample.
Perhaps they thought there was cash hidden in the flask,’
Dr. Barry Moumie, who heads patient care for the national
Ebola response coordination committee, told The Associated Press:
‘We have informed the
security services. If these thieves handle this blood, it will be dangerous.’I
can assure you, however, that the sample-transportation procedures will now be
strengthened to avoid such disappointments.’
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