In the largest lockdown in West Africa’s deadly Ebola outbreak, Sierra Leone has ordered the quarantine of three districts and 12 tribal chiefdoms.
The measure affects more than a million people. In a national televised address, President Ernest Bai Koroma said the northern districts of Port Loko and Bombali were closed off, along with the southern district of Moyamba.
With the eastern districts of Kenema and Kailahun already under quarantine, more than a third of the population now finds itself unable to move freely.
(NewsFlash)
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