Ninety-two bodies and at least 56 new infections have been discovered in Sierra Leone during a nationwide ebola lockdown. The three-day measure came into effect on Friday to try to stem the worst ebola epidemic on record. The countrys six million residents were ordered to stay indoors as volunteers circulated to educate people about the outbreak and isolate the sick. Some 123 people contacted authorities during the lockdown, believing they might be infected. Of these, 56 tested positive for ebola, 31 tested negative and 36 were still awaiting their results, officials said. Residents largely complied with the plan, and the streets remained mostly deserted, except for ambulances and police vehicles. On Sunday evening, even before the lockdown officially ended at midnight, residents in some parts of the capital Freetown emerged onto the streets to celebrate. Police in the western part of the city said they had made a number of arrests in an attempt to enforce the lockdown in its final hours. Earlier in the day, Stephen Gaojia, head of the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) that leads the national Ebola response, said a few areas had still not been reached by the governments teams. Even though the exercise has been a huge success so far, it has not been concluded in some metropolitan cities like Freetown and Kenema, he said. heart.co.uk/news/uk-world/ebola-lockdown-92-bodies-found-in-sierra-leon/
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 10:33:28 +0000
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