Ebola outbreak: Quarantine ‘just like a jail’ in Sierra Leone
For 18 days, Alieru Deen Bangura’s family has been quarantined in a slum in Sierra Leone’s capital of Freetown.
As part of the West African city’s efforts to stem the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, the family lives under the watchful eye of armed guards 24 hours a day.
Seventeen families are cordoned off with a thin, orange, plastic rope, a constant reminder that they are not free to go about their daily business.
“I would say it’s just like a jail for someone to be sitting down the whole day,” Bangurasays.
From behind the plastic rope, he is mourning his brother’s death from Ebola.
So far, none of the rest of the family has shown signs of illness. But their conditions are wearing on them.
Food and water, which are supposed to be delivered daily, are sometimes late and often not enough, Bangura says.
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