Ebola: Liberia shuts schools to tackle outbreak
According to a bbc report, Liberia’s government has announced that it is closing down all schools across the country to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Some communities would be placed under quarantine as well, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said.Non-essential government workers will besent home for 30 days and the army deployed to enforce the measures. The number of people killed by the virus inWest Africa has now reached 672, according to new UN figures.The BBC’s West Africa correspondent Thomas Fessy says treatment facilities have reportedly been overwhelmed in the Liberian capital Monrovia.Some wards have already filled up, forcinghealth workers to treat some patients at their homes. President Sirleaf said that Friday 1 Augustwould be a non-working day in Liberia to allow for the disinfection of all public facilities.“All non-essential staff – to be determined by the heads of ministries andagencies – are to be placed on 30 days’ compulsory leave,” she added. The US