Nigerian
actor Jim Iyke sparked outrage, posting a picture of himself wearing an Ebola
mask while sitting in a first class airport lounge as he fled Liberia. The
'Nollywood' star posted a message on his Instagram page saying he had cut short
a business trip to Monrovia in Liberia - where at least 600 people have already
died from the disease.
Much
of the anger about his image stemmed from fear among Nigerian citizens that
Iyke appeared to be travelling back to the country without having been tested
to see if he was infected. Twitter user @Avariberry posted a message reading:
'Jim Iyke or Not... he gotta be screened. #TestJimIyke.'
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| Jim Iyke; ''this scares the Jesus out of me'' |
Others
picked up on the fact that, Iyke had an expensive face mask to protect himself,
but was wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt. Ebola is transmitted through close
contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected
animals, and in many parts of West Africa people are being told to cover as
much of their body as possible to ensure the infection doesn't enter their
bloodstream through a small cut.
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