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Sierra Leone declares emergency
Sierra Leone leader Ernest Bai Koroma declared a state of emergency on Thursday and as the country struggled to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic.
- The country, along with neighbouring Guinea & Liberia, is struggling to contain Ebola epidemic
- Ebola virus disease poses an extraordinary challenge to our nation, says President
Freetown: Sierra Leone leader Ernest Bai Koroma declared a state of emergency on Thursday and as the country struggled to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic.
The impoverished country, along with neighbouring Guinea and Liberia, is struggling to contain an epidemic that has infected 1,200 people and left 672 dead across the region since the start of the year.
"Extraordinary challenges require extraordinary measures. The Ebola virus disease poses an extraordinary challenge to our nation," Koroma said in a televised address to the nation. "Consequently... I hereby proclaim a state of public emergency to enable us to take a more robust approach to deal with the Ebola outbreak."
Koroma said he had cancelled a trip to a summit of around 50 African leaders in Washington DC next week. He announced however that he would travel to neighbouring Guinea for a regional summit on the crisis gathering the heads of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Ivory Coast.
Koroma announced a raft of measures as part of the state of emergency, including quarantining Ebola-hit areas and deploying security forces to protect medical workers. He banned all public meetings not related to Ebola and cancelled foreign trips by ministers and other government officials, exempting only "absolutely essential engagements".
