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Ebola shutdown campaign in Sierra Leone reached 80% of target households
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Ebola shutdown campaign in Sierra Leone reached 80% of target households
Mon, 2014-09-22 10:21 — Norea
CBC News - Sep 22, 2014
Sierra Leone's three-day shutdown to try to contain an Ebola virus outbreak has ended, but it's unclear how much the effort helped.
About six million citizens in the West African country were asked to stay indoors until Sunday night as 30,000 health workers, volunteers and teachers went door to door to look for people who may be infected and to give out information about the disease.
The Ebola virus has infected an estimated 5,762 people since March and killed an 2,793 as of Sept. 18, according to the World Health Organization.
"There was massive awareness of the disease," Stephen Gaojia, head of the Ebola Emergency Operations Centre, said on Monday.
Authorities reached more than 80 per cent of the targeted households, he added.
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