Turnout Low for Liberian Election Amid Ebola Fear

Health workers manned polling stations Saturday as Liberians voted in a Senate election that was delayed twice because of the West African Ebola epidemic. Liberian election officials mandated that all participants wash their hands and be tested for fever before entering buildings, and then maintain a 1-meter distance from one another. Critics had questioned whether it was safe to hold the election, with the potential for the Ebola virus to spread among people in line at polling...

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