The government sealed off districts with over a million residents on Thursday to restrict the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. About one-third of Sierra Leone’s 6 million people are under quarantine.
In an extreme measure to cope with the rapidly worsening Ebola outbreak, the Sierra Leone government quarantined areas with over a million people on Thursday, the Associated Press reported.
A health worker sprays disinfectant on a colleague after loading a man suspected of suffering from Ebola into an ambulance in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Wednesday, Sept. 24.
AP Photo/ Michael Duff
"There is a desperate need to step up our response to this dreaded disease," the Sierra Leone government said. The newly quarantined areas include Port Loko, Bombali and Moyamba districts, President Ernest Bai Koroma announced on Wednesday. Homes in other areas, including the capital, Freetown, will be quarantined when cases are identified. Two other districts — Kenema and Kailahun — remain isolated.
More than 2 million people of the country's 6 million are now restricted in their movement.
A man suspected of being infected by the Ebola virus lies on the ground before being loaded by health care workers on to an ambulance in Freetown.
AP Photo/ Michael Duff
The worsening infection rates in the country have led to nearly all of its 14 districts to be put under total or partial quarantine, The New York Times reported.
Travelers have been warned not to get out of their vehicles and only people delivering essential services are permitted enter and move around within the isolated areas.
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