About 150 new cases of Ebola virus have been identified in Sierra Leone

About 150 new cases of Ebola virus have been identified in Sierra Leone

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During the epidemic of disease caused by the Ebola virus in the country more than five hundred people have died

PRETORIA, 22 September. In Sierra Leone, for three days of national quarantine, according to preliminary data, identified about 150 new cases of deadly Ebola virus. This was announced on Monday the head of the Center for Emergency Stephen Gaodzha.

It is known that during the quarantine found several dozen dead bodies. “We have a lot of the dead, which has yet to be buried,” – said in this regard Gaodzha, without specifying the exact number of victims of the disease.

Previously reported 92 bodies, but the Minister of Health of Sierra Leone Fotanah Abubakar said that the final data will come later. “I can not give statistics for all three days across the country. It will be released as soon as the final report,” – he stressed.

The minister said that 30,000 volunteers for the quarantine were able to bypass 80% of homes. “Perhaps in time we will hold another such campaign,” – he said.

Epidemic disease, Ebola virus, in West Africa claimed the lives of over 2.6 thousand. People sick over 5 thousand. Liberia accounts for more than half of the deaths – 1450 In Sierra Leone, died more than 560 patients

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