City Quarantines Established in Sierra Leone and Liberia for Ebola

Laidback Al · Aug 8, 2014

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To better fight against Ebola, Liberia and Sierra Leone, two countries in a state of emergency to the virus outbreak, decided Thursday to quarantine the three cities of the contaminated area, closing roads and places recreation. ?

The Liberian army, for example has been ordered to restrict the movement of the population and to strictly control access to the capital, Monrovia, from affected provinces. Consequently, hundreds of people were blocked Thursday by military checkpoints between north and Monrovia, even before the declaration on the night of the state of emergency by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. ?
"In the province of Lofa, bordering Sierra Leone and Guinea, also plagued by the epidemic, the city of Gbakedou was quarantined," said his side Samuka Burnie, Liberian Minister of Defense. ?

In Sierra Leone, the cities of "Kenema and Kailahun were also quarantined," said Abdulai Bayratay, spokesman for the government, noting that the measure will be "maintained long it takes."

http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article...e-une-urgence-de-sante-publique-mondiale.html

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Laidback Al · Aug 10, 2014

Re: City Quarantines Established in Sierra Leone and Liberia for Ebola

The local Ebola quarantines in Liberia are now causing devastating social and economic hardships.

Hunger stalks Liberian provinces cut off by Ebola quarantine

MONROVIA: Residents of northern Liberia have existed in a state of peril for months as the deadly Ebola epidemic swept through the region. Now they face a new threat as measures to stem the spread of the virus spark fears of starvation.

In an effort to contain an epidemic that has cost nearly 1,000 lives throughout west Africa, the Liberian government quarantined the most affected northern provinces - cutting off access with military roadblocks and restrictions on travel. The quarantine has meant that traders have been unable to travel to buy food and farmers cannot harvest their crop, which has in turn caused shortages and sent prices soaring. . . .

"People are panicking here. We are afraid to die from hunger," said Siaffa Kamara, from Bopolu, north of the capital Monrovia. "This is rainy season and it is raining everywhere. The little money I had I used to buy rice, which is very expensive. What I bought is not enough for three weeks. I have 25 people to feed in my house." . . .

At a military checkpoint on the edge of the quarantine line in Bomy County, many expressed anger at the restrictions. "Let the government see reason," said Augustine Kimber, a plantation worker. "If they do not, there will be many deaths ... not from Ebola but from hunger." . . .

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/hunger-stalks-liberian/1305772.html

City Quarantines Established in Sierra Leone and Liberia for Ebola

Laidback Al

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