Liberian
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has declared a 90-day state of emergency in the
wake of the country’s soaring Ebola death toll, which is now at 271, including
32 health care workers.
According to their Information Minister Lewis Brown, President Sirleaf has described the Ebola epidemic as a clear and present danger to the collective survival of the Liberian state.
According to their Information Minister Lewis Brown, President Sirleaf has described the Ebola epidemic as a clear and present danger to the collective survival of the Liberian state.
“The president is responding to the
grave situation we now confront. It is obviously a clear and present danger to
the collective survival of our nation, and she has elevated our national
emergency to this very high level,” he said.
The government has already established a National Task Force and instructed all
non-essential government employees to stay home for 30 days. It has also closed
schools and authorized the fumigation of all public buildings and the closing
of markets in affected areas. Brown added that although Liberians enjoy
the right to move freely, it is necessary to curtail some rights because of the
epidemic.
“As I speak to you, Operation White
Shield has been launched. It is expected to gain full operational status
by Friday. Operation White Shield is a sort of quarantining operation by
the military to ensure that we restrict the movement of people from affected
communities to unaffected communities,” he said.
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