--- title: Ebola Clinic Looting Raises Fears of Further Spread description: Kenya has also barred travelers from West Africa and suspended some flights canonical: https://time.com/3131025/ebola-looting-kenya-flights/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-17T15:27:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:42:38.082Z article:section: Health og:title: Ebola Clinic Looting Spreads Fear og:description: Kenya has also barred West Africa travelers og:url: https://time.com/3131025/ebola-looting-kenya-flights/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7165d7a1c941ce9/69869fd7cd804df0e9ccc61d/ap373005801855.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: I og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ebola Clinic Looting Spreads Fear twitter:description: Kenya has also barred West Africa travelers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7165d7a1c941ce9/69869fd7cd804df0e9ccc61d/ap373005801855.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Looting of Ebola Clinic in Liberia Sparks Fresh Infection Fears > Sponsored content. 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Health workers are handed personal protective gear by a team leader, right, before collecting the bodies of the deceased from streets in Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 16, 2014.Abbas Dulleh—AP  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Aug 17, 2014 3:27 PM UTC Liberian health officials are [worried](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/kenya-bar-travelers-ebola-hit-countries) the deadly Ebola virus will spread after mattresses and sheets with suspected patients’ blood stains were stolen from a quarantine center late Saturday. Residents from the West Point slum in the capital city of Monrovia raided a local facility Saturday night, assistant health minister Tolbert Nyenswah said, the Associated Press reports. Residents were upset that patients from other parts of Monrovia were taken to the center. At least 20 Ebola patients were missing after the looting, [the BBC reports](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28827091), with officials warning that the stolen items pose a serious infection risk. More than 400 people have already died of Ebola in the country, according to the World Health Organization. The “looting spree,” as one police official described it, has raised concerns about the country’s ability to contain the virus. Meanwhile, on the other side of the continent, Kenya has barred the entry of passengers traveling from certain countries in West Africa, where the virus has had a recent outbreak. The ban, effective Tuesday at midnight, applies to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. 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