Thursday, March 19, 2015

Ebola-hit Sierra Leone to lock down 2.5 million people

The worst-ever outbreak of the Ebola virus has claimed almost 3,700 lives in the impoverished in Sierra Leone, one of three countries that have seen their economies wrecked and healthcare systems obliterated in the crisis Sierra Leone said Thursday it will confine around 2.5 million people to their homes across the capital and in the north in a three-day shutdown aimed at stemming the Ebola epidemic. “The lockdown will be conducted from March 27 to March 29 and will be like the one we conducted in September last year,” said Palo Conteh, head of the country’s National Ebola Response Centre.






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