Africa News of Thursday, 5 March 2020

Source: bbc.com

'Liberia is ready for coronavirus because of Ebola'

Dr Mosoko led Liberia's efforts to contain Ebola - now he's preparing for coronavirus Dr Mosoko led Liberia's efforts to contain Ebola - now he's preparing for coronavirus

Liberia is relatively well equipped to deal with the coronavirus because of their experience with the Ebola, a doctor who fought the 2014 outbreak has told the BBC.

Infectious-disease expert Dr Mosoka Fallah led Liberia's efforts to contain Ebola in the outbreak.

He told the BBC's Bola Mosuro that a key aspect that would help was the ability to carry out tests in Liberia to see if people had the virus.

That is because testing facilities were set up during the Ebola crisis.

At first, they had to send their tests to Guinea, which could take a week to get the results.