Normal daily activities have resumed in West African country Sierra Leone, the three-day lock down which was aimed at preventing the further spread of the deadly Ebola virus disease.
The Sierra Leone government has described as successful, the three-day lock down.
A team of 30,000 volunteers embarked on a house-to-house sensitization exercise as well as identifying infected persons.
Sierra Leone has been one of the most affected countries in West Africa since the outbreak early this year.
It has recorded more than 550 victims among the 2,600 deaths so far recorded.
[contextly_sidebar id=”HcUxJLKz5VQzMVcSgjCjWI0YZtWn8WTe”]A resident in Freetown and the Editor of Salone Times Newspaper, Thomas Dixon told citifmonline.com “life has returned to normal.”
“The city is calm and everybody is going on with his or her normal business after the three days lock-down and you can sense the apprehension in the faces of people,” he said.
According to Dixon, the head of the Ebola operations committee announced that the government achieved 75% success because “they were able to record over 90 dead bodies and they were also able to record over 130 new cases.
The Head of the Ebola operations committee also gave indications that due to the success of the first lockdown, another might be considered by the government if they deem it fit.
“Last night, the President spoke in our local language krio, thanking Sierra Leoneans and there is also a press release from the EOC office in Sierra Leone thanking citizens and also the media because the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists in collaboration with the Independent Radio Network had this radio broadcast informing Sierra Leoneans about the three days lockdown,” Dixon added.
Three West African nations; Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone are struggling to battle the deadly Ebola disease which has claimed over 2,500 lives.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) have pitched in to help fight the disease to save more lives.
By: Patricia Conteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana