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| Sierra Leone setback in fight against Ebola |
A village of nearly 1,000
people in northern Sierra Leone has been put under quarantine, following the
death of a 67-year-old woman over the weekend, whose body tested positive for
Ebola. Soldiers
and police are enforcing a three-week Ebola quarantine after a woman died of
the disease in Kambia District near the border with Guinea on Saturday. The lockdown
will be lifted 23rd September if no other cases arise.
It's
a setback in the country's fight against Ebola, coming just five days into the
start of the 42-day countdown for it to be declared officially free of the
virus.
BBC
report that soldiers and police have been dispatched to the village to enforce
the quarantine, which is expected to last for three weeks provided no new cases
are recorded.
The World Health
Organization and Sierra Leone's Ministry of Health are now planning a
comprehensive vaccination programme for those who could possibly have come into
contact with the woman.
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