{"id":49348,"date":"2014-09-19T15:14:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T15:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=49348"},"modified":"2014-09-22T09:15:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T09:15:17","slug":"sierra-leone-begins-three-day-ebola-lock-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/sierra-leone-begins-three-day-ebola-lock-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Leone begins three-day Ebola lock down"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sierra Leone has begun a three-day lockdown to enable health workers find and isolate cases of Ebola in an attempt to halt the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n
The move, initiated by the government is due to the reluctance of citizens who are afraid to seek medical treatment for Ebola, fearing that diagnosis might mean death to them.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A team of 30,000 volunteers have embarked on a house-to-house sensitization exercise as well as identifying infected persons.<\/p>\n Critics say the lockdown will damage public trust in doctors.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Speaking in an interview to Citi News<\/strong> the Editor of Freetown based The Salone Times newspaper, Thomas Dixon said every street in Freetown is empty and everybody is indoors.<\/p>\n