Sierra Leone reaches final day of Ebola lockdown
By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY and ROBBIE COREY-BOULET
MiamiHerald.com
09/21/2014
Frustrated residents complained of food shortages in some neighborhoods of Sierra Leone’s capital on Sunday as the country reached the third and final day of a sweeping, unprecedented lockdown designed to combat the deadly Ebola disease, volunteers said.
While most residents welcomed teams of health care workers and volunteers bearing information about the disease, rumors persisted in pockets of the city that poisoned soap was being distributed, suggesting that public education campaigns had not been entirely successful.
The streets of the capital, Freetown, were again mostly deserted on Sunday in compliance with a government order for the country’s 6 million residents to stay in their homes. The lockdown went into effect Friday and was set to end Sunday.
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