The president of Sierra Leone has ordered the entire country to stay at home for three days in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola. 塞拉利昂总统已下令要求全国民众闭门不出三天,以期阻止埃博拉病毒的传播。 Ernest Koroma has ordered the entire population into lock down from 6am on March 27 until 6pm on March 29. 欧内斯特·科罗马总统下令全国民众在3月27日6点到3月29日18点的时间段内待在家中。 It comes as Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone- which have been the centres of the outbreak which has killed more than 10,000 people - have set a goal of cutting off the disease's spread by April 16. 几内亚,利比亚及塞拉利昂已经成为埃博拉病毒爆发的中心,目前已导致超过1万人死亡。三国一致设定目标,要在4月16日前切断该疾病的传播。 Koroma said: 'All Sierra Leoneans must stay at home for three days,' he announced, expanding a previous order for a lockdown in the capital Freetown and northern areas of the country nationwide. 科罗马宣布:“所有的塞拉利昂民众必须在家中待三天。”将原先只封锁首都弗里敦以及该国北部地区的命令扩大至全国范围。 'I have made my personal commitment to do whatever it takes to get to zero Ebola infections and I call on every Sierra Leonean in every community to pull together,' he added. “我个人会尽一切努力来阻止埃博拉病毒的传染,同时号召每一位塞拉利昂人民联合起来,”他补充说道。 |