Ebola Epidemic Not Over in Sierra Leon

Authorities in Sierra Leone will confine 2.5 million citizens in their home in Freetown, the nation's capital, to combat an increase in Ebola cases. The 72 hour quarantine is a repeat of the one conducted in September, 2014. The government and advising NGOs are hoping it will flush out latent and unreported cases of the lethal infection. The World Health Organization reports 10,200 people have died of the disease. Sierra Leone was on course to meet an April goal of eradicating Ebola cases, but complacency and ignorance of how the disease spreads has contributed to the increase in cases in according to health officials. WHO reported 150 new confirmed cases this week compared to 116 the previous week. Liberia is performing the best of the three infected countries with no new cases reported for the third consecutive week. Guinea is considered to be making "tremendous progress". An American health worker who was transported back to the US after contracting the disease in Sierra Leone remains in critical condition. Ten colleagues are being monitored for symptoms.