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people in the villages of Gomahun, Baoma Chiefdom and Yakaji, Kakua
Chiefdom have been quarantined following outbreaks of the deadly Ebola
disease in the two villages last week.The two villages are, for now, the only sources of the 227 suspected cases being investigated by the Bo District Health Management Team.
Of the 227 cases, 84 have confirmed positive for the Ebola virus, 46 have died with 40 of the deaths thought to be from Ebola, and 7 have been discharged from treatment centres in Bo.
Nine people are being presently admitted to hospital, and eight others are awaiting test results.
More than half of the district’s suspected cases come from Gomahun village, which has a total of 38 households and 370 inhabitants. 270 of the 370 are subject to the quarantine order, although the entire village is “under monitor”, as the City Council Chief Administrator put it during the regular Emergency Operations Centre weekend press briefing.
Yakaji, the other village with suspected Ebola cases, has three houses with 25 inhabitants.
What worries the EOC in particuar is the number of children affected, particularly in Gomahun village.
“What is alarming is the number of children. There are plenty of kids in there,” the Chief Administrator said.
He said the circumstances in Goamhun and Yakaji were different from those of Kalia where only 248 people live.
The Head of the District Ebola Task Force, Joseph M Bindi maintained that “because of the new situation we need pro-active measures.”
Additionally, Bevehun village and Lungi village are also thought to be possible sources of the Ebola threat in the district.
By Jenkins Bawoh
Thursday October 02, 2014
