Sierra Leone confined its 6 million people to their homes Friday for the next three days as the Ebola-ravaged West African country began what was believed to be the most sweeping lockdown against disease since the Middle Ages.
塞拉利昂政府周五下令,在随后的三天时间内,六百万国民全部要待在家中不得出门。因为,由于埃博拉病毒肆虐难控,整个西部非洲要进行疫区封锁。据信,此次封锁将是该地区自中世纪以来因流行疾病造成的最大范围的疫区封锁。
In a desperate effort to bring the outbreak under control, thousands of health care workers began going house to house in crowded urban neighborhoods and remote villages, hoping to find and isolate infected people.
为能尽量控制大规模爆发的疫情,数以千计的医护工作人员正在开始走村串户,在人口比较密集的城郊和边远村镇进行挨户走访,希望能够借此发现已受感染的患者并将其隔离。
Health worker volunteers distribute bars of soap and information about Ebola in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Thousands of health workers began knocking on doors across Sierra Leone on Friday in search of hidden Ebola cases with the entire West African nation locked down in their homes for three days in an unprecedented effort to combat the deadly disease. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)
2014年9月20日,星期六,卫生工作志愿者在塞拉利昂弗里敦(Freetown)向民众分发肥皂和宣传埃博拉疾病知识。数以千计的医护工作者从星期五开始在塞拉利昂全国范围内挨家挨户敲门查询,试图找出潜伏的埃博拉患者。同时,整个西部非洲地区的居民都被要求在家中闭门三日,希望通过此次空前大规模行动能够有效遏制致命的埃博拉疫情。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
Empty streets are seen, as Sierra Leone government enforces a three day lock down on movement of all people in an attempt to fight the Ebola virus, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff)
上图,弗里敦空旷无人的街道。2014年9月19日,塞拉利昂政府强制要求弗里敦全体居民闭门三日,希望借此控制埃博拉疫情。2014年9月19日,星期五,弗里敦。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
Police guard a roadblock as Sierra Leone government enforces a three day lock down on movement of all people in an attempt to fight the Ebola virus, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff)
上图,警察正在一个路障前执勤。2014年9月19日,塞拉利昂政府强制要求弗里敦全体居民闭门三日,希望借此控制埃博拉疫情。2014年9月19日,星期五,弗里敦。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
Health worker volunteers talk to a resident to distribute bars of soap and information about Ebola in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)
上图,卫生工作志愿者正在与一名弗里敦当地居民交谈,向他发放肥皂和宣传埃博拉疾病预防知识。2014年9月20日,星期六,弗里敦。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
Health worker volunteers walk amongst residents as they distribute bars of soap and information about Ebola in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)
上图,卫生工作志愿者们在当地居民中穿行,向他们发放肥皂和宣传埃博拉疾病预防知识。2014年9月20日,星期六,弗里敦。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
A health worker volunteer walks past residents as they distribute bars of soap and information about Ebola in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)
上图,卫生工作志愿者们在当地居民身旁走过,向他们发放肥皂和宣传埃博拉疾病预防知识。2014年9月20日,星期六,弗里敦。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
A health worker volunteer marks a home with chalk to identify that it has been visited, as they distribute bars of soap and information about Ebola in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)
上图,卫生工作志愿者们在当地居民身旁走过,向他们发放肥皂和宣传埃博拉疾病预防知识。2014年9月20日,星期六,弗里敦。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
An empty local market area is seen at Waterloo, as the Sierra Leone government enforces a three day lock down on movement of all people in an attempt to fight the Ebola virus, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014.
上图,滑铁卢市(Waterloo)一个空旷无人的市场。2014年9月19日,塞拉利昂政府强制要求弗里敦全体居民闭门三日,希望借此控制埃博拉疫情。2014年9月19日,星期五,弗里敦。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
A health worker volunteer talks with residents on how to prevent and identify the Ebola virus in others, and distributes bars of soap in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014.
上图,一名卫生工作志愿者与当地居民交谈,宣传埃博拉疾病预防和辨别知识。2014年9月20日,星期六,弗里敦。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
In this Sept. 19, 2014 photo, Idrissa Kargbo, Sierra Leone's National marathon champion who took part in the New York marathon, in recent years, joins Ebola volunteers going from house to house to look for Ebola virus patients in Freetown, Sierra Leone. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff)
上图,2014年9月19日,最近几年经常参加纽约马拉松长跑比赛项目的塞拉利昂全国马拉松冠军爱德黎沙·卡格伯(Idrissa Kargbo)作为埃博拉志愿者正在参与此次活动,在弗里敦市挨家挨户寻找埃博拉病毒感染者。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
An empty local market area is seen, as Sierra Leone government enforces a three day lock-down on movement of all people in a attempt to fight the Ebola virus, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff)
上图,当地一个空旷无人的市场。2014年9月19日,塞拉利昂政府强制要求弗里敦全体居民闭门三日,希望借此控制埃博拉疫情。2014年9月19日,星期五,弗里敦。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
A health worker volunteer talks with a resident on how to prevent and identify the Ebola virus in others, and distributes bars of soap in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)
上图,一名卫生工作志愿者与一个当地居民交谈,向其宣传埃博拉疾病预防和辨别知识,并向其发放肥皂。2014年9月20日,星期六,弗里敦。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
An Ebola virus health care worker takes a rest outside a Ebola isolation unit in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Sept. 19, 2014.(AP Photo/Michael Duff)
上图,2014年9月19日,一名卫生工作人员在弗里敦一处埃博拉隔离点外面休息。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
Police guard a roadblock as Sierra Leone government enforces a three day lock down on movement of all people in an attempt to fight the Ebola virus in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)
上图,警察正在一个路障前执勤。2014年9月19日,塞拉利昂政府强制要求弗里敦全体居民闭门三日,希望借此控制埃博拉疫情。2014年9月19日,星期五,弗里敦。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
Police guard a roadblock as Sierra Leone government enforces a three day lock down on movement of all people in an attempt to fight the Ebola virus in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff)
上图,警察正在一个路障前执勤。2014年9月19日,塞拉利昂政府强制要求弗里敦全体居民闭门三日,希望借此控制埃博拉疫情。2014年9月19日,星期五,弗里敦。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
A health worker volunteer talks with residents on how to prevent and identify the Ebola virus in others, and distributes bars of soap in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)
上图,一名卫生工作志愿者与当地居民交谈,向他们宣传埃博拉疾病预防和辨别知识,并向他们发放肥皂。2014年9月20日,星期六,弗里敦。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
A trader sits at an empty local market area in Waterloo, as Sierra Leone government enforces a three day lock down on movement of all people in an attempt to fight the Ebola virus, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff)
上图,一个商贩在滑铁卢市一个空旷无人的市场边上闲坐。2014年9月19日,塞拉利昂政府强制要求弗里敦全体居民闭门三日,希望借此控制埃博拉疫情。2014年9月19日,星期五,弗里敦。(美联社供图/Michael Duff)
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