Video: Shocking moment runaway Ebola patient is bundled into back of Monrovia ambulance after causing panic

Shocking moment runaway Ebola patient is bundled into back of Monrovia ambulance after causing panic at local market when he turned up looking for food

This is the shocking moment a man suffering from Ebola was bundled into the back of an ambulance after he caused mass panic at a market in Liberia when he wandered in looking for food.

The unidentified man walked into a market in the capital Monrovia - which has been badly hit by the worst ever outbreak of the disease - only to be chased from the area by panicked shoppers.

Attempting to make off with loaves of bread, the man is then chased down the road by men wearing yellow protection suits, who eventually catch him and bundle him into the back of a UNICEF vehicle.

The World Health Organisation is asking countries to lift border closures because they are preventing supplies from reaching people in desperate need. 

Ivory Coast decided last night to keep its borders with Guinea and Liberia closed but said it would open a humanitarian corridor to allow supplies in.

The news comes as Ivory Coast's football association said it will host the country's African Nations Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone this weekend following a special national security council meeting.

The decision, announced in a government statement published in local media today, comes one week after the government said it would not allow the match to go ahead, citing health concerns.

As of August 29, the World Health Organization had confirmed 935 cases of the deadly virus in Sierra Leone - including 380 deaths - though that number is likely to have since risen.