Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone declares three-day lockdown in north

[Ryan Fitzomething]

Source: BBC News

25 December 2014 Last updated at 04:02 ET

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 West Africa so far, the Word Health Organization (WHO) says, with Sierra Leone the worst hit.

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.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30601523

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Do they know it's Christmas time at all? Facile question! The important thing is stopping the spread of this plague, today, tomorrow, and throughout 2015.

[jimlup]

1. My Christmas gift to two of my like minded relatives

was a $50 contribution to Doctors Without Borders from each. The time to act with swift and directed intent to solve this crises is NOW.

Thanks for posting!