Military will be patrolling the streets throughout the Sierra Leone city to ensure people to stay indoors during Christmas and New Year in order to get the number of infections under control. Even, Bars and clubs have already been shut down ahead of the holiday season and all public gatherings outlawed as well.
The government's Ebola response unit made is known while speaking to reporters in the country's capital-Freetown.
However, there is no general ban on going outdoors or working. Sierra Leone, which has overtaken Liberia to become the country worst affected by Ebola, has recorded 1,319 new infections in the last three weeks.Palo Conteh, head of the department said: 'no Christmas and New Year celebrations this year. We will ensure that everybody remains at home to reflect on Ebola. Military personnel will be on the streets at Christmas and the New Year to stop any street celebrations,' he said, without saying which areas would be targeted."
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report on Wednesday there were 17,942 cases of the tropical fever across eight countries as of December 7, resulting in 6,388 deaths - almost all in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone reported 397 new cases during the week ending December 7 - three times as many as Liberia and Guinea combined, WHO said.
Sources with knowledge of government policy said detailed instructions on the workings of the Christmas curfew would be announced shortly.
The country now counts a total of 7,897 Ebola cases, including 1,768 deaths, according to Wednesday's tally.
credit: Mailonline
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