As
a matter of fighting the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone or more so
stopping its transfer to Bo, the District Medical Officer has proposed
the stopping of the killing and sales of “bush meat” in the city of Bo.
The DMO, Dr Alhaji S Turay also proposed the putting up of check points
at some strategic entrance locations in the Bo City. The Paramount Chief
Prince Lappia Boima accepted the first proposal of “not selling bush
meat” in the city but held reservation towards the second proposal of
check pointsTherefore, a Task Force has been set up in the city for
monitoring the importation animals like “monkeys, baboons, bush cows,”
from which bush meats could be attained. As at present, the Market
Sellers Association has accepted the proposal too and is also helping
with the monitoring of the sales of bush meat in both the markets and
outside the market.
