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Most of this weekend’s restrictions are no different from the now well versed dos and don’ts – no touching, washing hands, no washing of dead bodies; call 117 if someone is showing signs or symptoms that are similar to Ebola, and stay indoors during the hours of curfew.
So what is this weekend’s lockdown all about; how is it different from previous lockdowns and what will it achieve?
In a live radio broadcast aired last week, president Koroma announced what he refers to as a National Zero Ebola Campaign. He said it is a four week campaign aimed at driving Ebola out of Sierra Leone.
President Koroma called on all Sierra Leoneans to stay at home for three days, starting today 27th to 29th March, 2015, and again on the following three consecutive Saturdays – 4th April, 11th April and 18th April.
He said that “the campaign will provide an opportunity for communities to be directly involved in the drive to zero cases, to reflect and to pray for the eradication of this disease from our country, by working in partnership with health workers, surveillance officers and trained social mobilisers to.”
The objectives of the campaign mentioned by the president are: “To inform communities about the behaviours that continue to drive the EVD transmission in their own communities; encourage behaviours which can prevent transmission, such as regular hand washing with soap and water; and
find, isolate and treat Ebola cases through targeted door-to-door surveillance and contact tracing.”
Sierra Leone will the new three day national restrictions bring an end to Ebola Sierra Leone Telegraph
This makes no sense. Shut 'em down for like a week or so. Here and there is inane.
So what is this weekend’s lockdown all about; how is it different from previous lockdowns and what will it achieve?
In a live radio broadcast aired last week, president Koroma announced what he refers to as a National Zero Ebola Campaign. He said it is a four week campaign aimed at driving Ebola out of Sierra Leone.
President Koroma called on all Sierra Leoneans to stay at home for three days, starting today 27th to 29th March, 2015, and again on the following three consecutive Saturdays – 4th April, 11th April and 18th April.
He said that “the campaign will provide an opportunity for communities to be directly involved in the drive to zero cases, to reflect and to pray for the eradication of this disease from our country, by working in partnership with health workers, surveillance officers and trained social mobilisers to.”
The objectives of the campaign mentioned by the president are: “To inform communities about the behaviours that continue to drive the EVD transmission in their own communities; encourage behaviours which can prevent transmission, such as regular hand washing with soap and water; and
find, isolate and treat Ebola cases through targeted door-to-door surveillance and contact tracing.”
Sierra Leone will the new three day national restrictions bring an end to Ebola Sierra Leone Telegraph
This makes no sense. Shut 'em down for like a week or so. Here and there is inane.
