Sierra Leone Intensifies Ebola Fight

It’s been a year since a small boy died of Ebola in a remote part of southeastern Guinea. Scientists say he was the first known case of this ongoing regional epidemic. Guinea has since reported at least 2597 cases but it’s the country’s neighbors, Sierra Leone and Liberia, that have been the hardest hit. Sierra Leone started a fresh push against the virus in mid-December. Sierra Leone is concentrating its efforts in the north and west of the country. The government prohibited public...

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