Security concerns at quarantined Sierra Leone homes
Reuters
2014-10-22
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A lack of security around quarantined homes in Sierra Leone is fuelling fears of the Ebola virus spreading.
Around 200 homes in this suburb are supposed to be on lockdown.
Ebola task force officers say residents are prepared to be isolated but need the government to provide necessities like food.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) TASK FORCE CO-ORDINATOR OF THE WATERLOO EBOLA RESPONSE TEAM, DAVID BANGURA, SAYING:
"You may know that this is very, very risky because these people from these quarantine houses are coming out, you know, going among the other people that are not yet infected, so it is a risk."
The suburb is already building its own treatment centre.
UN data shows 1,200 people in Sierra Leone have died out of more than 3,000 cases of Ebola.
Around 200 homes in this suburb are supposed to be on lockdown.
Ebola task force officers say residents are prepared to be isolated but need the government to provide necessities like food.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) TASK FORCE CO-ORDINATOR OF THE WATERLOO EBOLA RESPONSE TEAM, DAVID BANGURA, SAYING:
"You may know that this is very, very risky because these people from these quarantine houses are coming out, you know, going among the other people that are not yet infected, so it is a risk."
The suburb is already building its own treatment centre.
UN data shows 1,200 people in Sierra Leone have died out of more than 3,000 cases of Ebola.
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