It’s Now Illegal to Hide Ebola Patients in Sierra Leone
Sam Frizell
Time.com
Aug. 23, 2014
Perpetrators can get up to two-year prison sentences
In a move meant to help the country more effectively combat a deadly Ebola outbreak, Sierra Leone approved a measure Friday that would impose jail time on anyone caught hiding someone infected with the virus.
The law, an amendment to the country’s 1960 Public Health Act, imposes prison sentences of up to two years for violators, the Associated Press reports.
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