Sierra Leone makes harbouring Ebola victims a crime

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Sierra Leone makes harbouring Ebola victims a crime

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sierra-leone-makes-harbouring-ebola-victims-crime-072033049.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DXUFVF8IRh5tFz3mBWkjCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2014-08-24T072033Z_1007970001_LYNXMPEA7N01V_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-UK-HEALTH-EBOLA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A health worker, wearing head-to-toe protective gear, offers water to a woman with Ebola virus disease, at a treatment centre in Kenema" align="left" title="A health worker, wearing head-to-toe protective gear, offers water to a woman with Ebola virus disease, at a treatment centre in Kenema" border="0" /></a>By Umaru Fofana and Joe Bavier FREETOWN/ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's parliament has made the harbouring of Ebola victims a crime punishable by two years' jail in an attempt to stop the spread of the deadly virus, the justice minister said on Saturday. Some 1,427 people have died among 2,615 cases documented since the current outbreak - the worst since the disease's discovery - was first identified in Guinea in March, according to figures released by the WHO on Friday. &quot;The new regulation will provide for summary trial, meaning trial by a magistrate court alone,&quot; Justice Minister Frank Kargbo told Reuters. Under-reporting of Ebola cases has been a problem particularly in Liberia and Sierra Leone, currently the two countries hardest hit by the virus.</p><br clear="all"/>

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