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              Guinea 'Emergency' Aimed at Stemming Spread of Ebola

   by VOA News

   Guinea's President Alpha Conde has declared a 45-day "health emergency"
   in five regions in the west and southwest of the Ebola-hit nation in a
   bid to stem the spread of the deadly disease.

   Conde announced measures on state TV late Saturday that will enable
   authorities to restrict people's movements in the districts of
   Forecariah, Coyah, Dubreka, Boffa and Kindia. He said, "Wherever the
   need may be, throughout this period, measures of restriction and
   confinement will be taken."

   More than 10,000 people have died from Ebola in West Africa since the
   current outbreak began, and while cases are thought to have peaked,
   Guinea is struggling to stamp out the virus.

   Guinea also deployed security forces to the country's southwest in
   response to reports that Sierra Leoneans were crossing the border to
   flee an Ebola lockdown intended to stamp out the deadly disease in that
   country, an official said Saturday.

   Ebola has infected an estimated 12,000 people in Sierra Leone, more
   than in any other country.  Case numbers have fallen steadily in recent
   months, but 33 new cases were reported last week, mostly around the
   capital of Freetown and in the north, near the border with Guinea.

   Last September, Sierra Leone, a country of 6 million people, conducted
   a similar lockdown that uncovered dozens of previously unknown Ebola
   patients.

   The disease is spread through contact with the body fluids of an
   infected person.
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