Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone lockdown declared success Streets in the capital Freetown have been largely deserted during the three-day lockdown A three-day curfew aimed at containing the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has been declared a success by authorities. The wide-ranging curfew ended at midnight on Sunday (GMT) and will not be extended, authorities said. Sierra Leone is one of the countries worst affected by the outbreak, with nearly 600 of the almost 2,800 total deaths recorded so far. Some health groups have criticised the lockdown, saying it would destroy trust between patients and doctors. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the situations in Senegal and Nigeria have been pretty much contained, reports the Reuters news agency. Nearly all of the deaths in the worlds worst Ebola outbreak have been recorded in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:59:44 +0000
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