The Vice-President of Sierra Leone,
Samuel Sam-Suman has voluntarily placed himself under a 3-week
quarantine after one of his security personnel died from the Ebola Virus,
according to the Associated Press.
It is reported that Sierra Leone
recorded 18 new cases of Ebola last week, up from 16 the week
before.
In a statement released to the press
the Vice President stated that “This virus has affected thousands of our people
and has nearly brought our country to its knees. We all have a collective
responsibility to break the chains of transmission by isolating the sick and
reporting all known contacts, by not touching the dead … We cannot be
complacent. We must work together as a nation to end Ebola now.”
President Ernest Bai
Koroma will attend a European Union conference on Ebola in Belgium,
the AP
reports.
In the presidents’ absence, Vice
President Sam-Sumana will become acting president, carrying out his duties from
home
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