SIERRA LEONE WIDENS EBOLA QUARANTINE TO THREE MORE DISTRICTS (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Thursday, September 25, 2014, 10:35

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has widened a quarantine to include another one million people in an attempt to curb the spread of Ebola.

The northern districts of Port Loko and Bombali, and Moyamba in the south, will in effect be sealed off immediately.

Nearly 600 people have died of the virus in Sierra Leone and two eastern districts have been isolated since the beginning of August.

The move follows a three-day nationwide lockdown that ended on Sunday night.

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