U.S. and Liberia Partner to Open First Ebola Treatment Unit

The Monrovia Medical Unit, an Ebola treatment facility built specifically for the care of medical workers who become infected with the virus, near Monrovia, Liberia. (Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Hoskins/DOD)

Seen in this photo is the exterior of the Monrovia Medical Unit, an Ebola treatment facility built specifically for the care of medical workers who become infected with the virus, near Monrovia, Liberia. (Sgt. 1st Class Nathan  Hoskins/DOD)

Personnel from the U.S. Public Health Service during a meeting in the staff reporting tent of the Monrovia Medical Unit, near Monrovia, Liberia, Nov. 4, 2014. (Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Hoskins/DOD)

Simple red lines on the floor are what mark the boundary between the low-risk zone and the high-risk zone inside the Monrovia Medical Unit, near Monrovia, Liberia, Nov. 4, 2014. (Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Hoskins/DOD)

Footprint outlines mark the floor in the doffing station where medical workers at the Monrovia Medical Unit will decontaminate and take off their personal protective equipment after working in the high-risk Ebola zone, near Monrovia, Liberia, Nov. 4, 2014. (Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Hoskins/DOD)

Inside the Ebola treatment facility before its opening, near Monrovia, Liberia, Nov. 4, 2014. (Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Hoskins/DOD).

A fully stocked medical supply room stands ready for the opening of the Ebola treatment facility located about 48 kilometers outside Monrovia, Liberia, Nov. 4, 2014. (Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Hoskins/DOD)