Sierra Leone isolates three more districts
26 Sept 2014 6:00 AM IST
Sierra Leone has put three more districts under isolation in a bid to halt the spread of the Ebola virus disease which has claimed nearly 3,000 lives in African countries since early this year, the country’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has said.
The president made the remarks in a nationwide radio and TV broadcast Wednesday, saying that the government has decided to isolate Port Loko and Bombali districts in the north and Moyamba district in the south of the country, with immediate effect.These decisions, according to the president, were taken in consultation with all the partners and ‘with our people’s avowed commitment to support the extra measures to end the Ebola outbreak’, Xinhua reported.He explained that these measures were also taken ‘to sustain our efforts in overcoming the challenge that were revealed during the house to house campaign.
The president made the remarks in a nationwide radio and TV broadcast Wednesday, saying that the government has decided to isolate Port Loko and Bombali districts in the north and Moyamba district in the south of the country, with immediate effect.These decisions, according to the president, were taken in consultation with all the partners and ‘with our people’s avowed commitment to support the extra measures to end the Ebola outbreak’, Xinhua reported.He explained that these measures were also taken ‘to sustain our efforts in overcoming the challenge that were revealed during the house to house campaign.
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