Sierra Leone Joins Liberia in Sweeping Measures to Contain Deadly Virus
Sierra Leone's president called in the army Thursday to quarantine Ebola-stricken neighborhoods and conduct house-to-house searches for people exposed to the virus. WSJ's Drew Hinshaw reports on the latest from Lagos, Nigeria.
LAGOS, Nigeria—Sierra Leone joined Liberia on Thursday in taking sweeping measures to try to contain an outbreak of the Ebola virus that has killed at least 729 people across West Africa, in a sign that governments are starting to speed up their response to the epidemic.
LAGOS, Nigeria—Sierra Leone joined Liberia on Thursday in taking sweeping measures to try to contain an outbreak of the Ebola virus that has killed at least 729 people across West Africa, in a sign that governments are starting to speed up their response to the epidemic.
