{"id":77272,"date":"2014-12-25T15:16:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T15:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=77272"},"modified":"2014-12-25T15:16:35","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T15:16:35","slug":"ebola-ravaged-sierra-leone-declares-three-day-lockdown-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/ebola-ravaged-sierra-leone-declares-three-day-lockdown-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone declares three-day lockdown in north"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sierra Leone has declared lockdown of at least three days in the north of the country to try to contain the Ebola epidemic.<\/p>\n
Shops, markets and non-Ebola related travel services will be shut down, officials said.<\/p>\n
Sierra Leone has already banned many public Christmas celebrations.<\/p>\n
More than 7,500 people have died from the outbreak in West Africa so far, the Word Health Organization (WHO) says, with Sierra Leone the worst hit.<\/p>\n
Sierra Leone has the highest number of Ebola cases in West Africa, with more than 9,000 cases and more than 2,400 deaths since the start of the outbreak.<\/p>\n
The other countries at the centre of the outbreak are Liberia and Guinea.<\/p>\n
State of emergency<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Alie Kamara, resident minister for the Northern Region, told AFP news agency that most public gatherings would be cancelled.<\/p>\n “Muslims and Christians are not allowed to hold services in mosques and churches throughout the lockdown except for Christians on Christmas Day”, he said.<\/p>\n No unauthorised vehicles would be allowed to operate “except those officially assigned to Ebola-related assignments” he added.<\/p>\n The lockdown would operate for at least three days but this could be extended if deemed necessary, officials said.<\/p>\n Sierra Leone has been in a state of emergency since July.<\/p>\n The outbreak began a year ago in the West African country of Guinea, but only gained international attention in early 2014.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sierra Leone has declared lockdown of at least three days in the north of the country to try to contain the Ebola epidemic. Shops, markets and non-Ebola related travel services will be shut down, officials said. Sierra Leone has already banned many public Christmas celebrations. More than 7,500 people have died from the outbreak in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":59380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[14],"yoast_head":"\n