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Sierra Leone lifts quarantine as Ebola crisis eases
Friday, January 23, 2015
Koroma stressed however that the crisis would not be over until all three countries had seen no new cases for 42 days.
He vowed that anti-Ebola measures such as a ban on washing bodies of victims of the highly infectious virus would remain in place.
“Our records show that this is now the greatest threat to our victory over the disease,” he said.
“Law enforcement agencies and chiefs are under instruction to ensure that the full force of the law is brought to bear on those who touch or wash dead bodies.”
He added that while victory over the epidemic was in sight, “we must not relent, we must continue to soldier on”.
Source: AFP
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