Sunday 4 January 2015

New Ebola lockdown in Sierra Leone as airport checks upped

Medical staff wearing protective clothing treat the body of an Ebola victim at their facility in Kailahun, on August 14, 2014 The Ebola lockdown in the northern Tonkolili district of Sierra Leone was extended on Sunday for two weeks as authorities stepped up the fight to contain the epidemic. The move comes as the government imposed "additional screening measures" at Freetown International Airport after two workers apparently caught the disease. "The lockdown is extended for another two weeks to intensify monitoring efforts by all sectors in the district as we need this mopping up operation until January 17," he added.




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