CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The medical school professors
no longer want Kadiatou Fanta in the classroom. Her boyfriend has broken up
with her. Each day the 26-year-old eats alone and sleeps alone. Even her own
family members are afraid to touch her months after she survived Ebola. Long
gone are the days when she was vomiting blood and wracked by fever. And even
with a certificate of health declaring her as having recovered, she says it's
still as though "Ebola survivor" is burned on her flesh.
"Ebola has ruined my life even though I am
cured," she says. "No one wants to spend a minute in my company for
fear of being contaminated." The Ebola virus is only transmitted through
direct contact with bodily fluids of the sick, such as blood, saliva, urine,
sweat or semen. When the first cases emerged in Guinea back in March, no one
had ever confronted such a virulent and gruesome disease in this corner of
Africa.
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