Travel restricted within Ebola-affected West African countries
Restrictions follow reports that families are hiding sick relatives, abandoning bodies in streets
Aljazeera.com
August 7, 2014
West African countries hard-hit by the Ebola virus have issued travel restrictions in an effort to contain the spread of the deadly disease after reports emerged of families hiding sick relatives and abandoning bodies in the streets.
Soldiers clamped down on people trying to travel to Liberia’s capital Thursday from rural areas with high rates of Ebola infection, hours after the president declared a national state of emergency.
Similar efforts were underway in eastern areas of neighboring Sierra Leone after officials there launched “Operation Octopus” to try to keep those sick with Ebola in isolation.
While the outbreak has now reached four countries, Liberia and Sierra Leone account for more than 60 percent of the deaths, according to the World Health Organization. The outbreak that emerged in March has claimed at least 932 lives.
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