NAIROBI, Kenya — The government of Sierra Leone banned public Christmas and New Year’s celebrations because they may exacerbate efforts to eradicate the Ebola virus. President Ernest Bai Koroma said ...

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DAKAR/FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone plans to ban parties and other festivities over the Christmas and New Year's holidays and to launch a "surge" to cut the risk of Ebola spreading further in the ...

According to the country’s Ebola response unit, soldiers will be deployed throughout the holidays to ensure that citizens stay indoors. m monjola sotubo Follow The Sierra Leonean government has ...