Ebola Outbreak Thieves Steal Infected Blood In Guinea

The robbers waylaid a vehicle which was transporting test tubes containing blood to a test site in Gueckedou from Kankan prefecture in central Guinea.

Thieves in Guinea have stolen blood samples (not pictured) believed to contain Ebola

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Thieves in Guinea have stolen blood samples believed to contain Ebola during a roadside robbery, officials said Friday, November 21.

The robbers waylaid a vehicle which was transporting test tubes containing blood to a test site in Gueckedou from Kankan prefecture in central Guinea.

The Press Officer of the Guinea Red Cross, Faya Etienne Tolno stated that the blood samples had been taken from a suspected Ebola patient on Wednesday, November 19.

Health officials have appealed to the thieves to return the potentially dangerous blood samples.