Some dance, songs. The medical staff of the Ebola Virus Treatment Centre in Freetown strives to bring a bit of joy in Christmas Day morose.
The country contains the largest number of cases of patients affected by the Ebola virus over the past year in West Africa: there are more than 8,900 according to a report prepared Monday by the World Health Organization.
While the Christmas festivities were banned on health grounds, the authorities announced the containment of the Northern Province, to prevent the spread of the disease.
For 5 days, markets and shops will close.
Nothing to cheer traders in the capital, whose activity is idling.
"Since the Ebola virus, business is not good, laments one of them, Umaru Barrie. Our last trip was in last year. Airlines have increased their prices, exchange rates rise, there is no trade. We are sitting here. "
Since the introduction of the state of emergency on July 31, several areas of Sierra Leone have been subjected to movement restrictions, six departments are still concerned.
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