It appears the Ebola virus is bringing a new threat to
Sierra Leone as 690 people were yesterday quarantined in the district of
Bombali in northern Sierra Leone after a 16 year old girl named Kadiatu Thullah
died of the deadly disease at the International Medical Corps Ebola treatment
unit on Sunday September 13th.
Speaking on the new development, the head of the Sierra Leone National Ebola
Response Centre, Pallo Conteh said;
“Some 690 people in the village of Robuya where Kadiatu
lived would be isolated for three weeks. Seven of her primary contacts have
been taken to the Ebola treatment unit. Three patients who came into contact
with the girl at another health facility have also been taken to the treatment
unit.”.
Only last month, Sierra Leone celebrated the discharge of
the last remaining known Ebola patient from its treatment centers. Over 11,000
people have died from the Ebola epidemic with the worst ht countries being
Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.
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