Discharged: Patients Sprayed Down After Leaving Ebola Clinic

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A woman being discharged from the Island Clinic Ebola treatment center is sprayed with disinfectant upon leaving the facility.

A woman being discharged from the Island Clinic Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia, is sprayed with disinfectant Tuesday Sept. 30. Jerome Delay / AP
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A woman being discharged from the newly opened Island Clinic Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia, is sprayed with disinfectant upon leaving the facility on Tuesday. Ebola has killed nearly 2,000 people in Liberia, and is now growing exponentially because the sick often remain at home where they spread the virus through bodily fluids.

Cellphones are thrown out by patients leaving the Island Clinic Ebola treatment unit with a clean bill of health, because they fear the phones might contain the virus.Jerome Delay / AP
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