FREETOWN: Sierra Leone marked the first anniversary of the end of the deadly disease of Ebola in the country on Monday, in commemoration of the declaration of the country Ebola-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the government one year ago.
To mark the occasion, Sierra Leoneans nationwide were dressed in yellow attires and at exactly 11:00 a.m. (1100 GMT), the country came to standstill for three minutes of silence to remember all those who lost their lives because of Ebola.
The traffic came to a standstill, while all flags were flown at half mast to commemorate the day. In a nationwide broadcast at exactly three minutes after eleven, President Ernest Bai Koroma said that Sierra Leone has started work on a recovery plan in the wake of an unprecedented war against Ebola, while recalling how the disease halted the people’s ways of living and adversely halted the country’s economic growth.
He pointed out that 8,000 Sierra Leoneans were affected by the disease, and 3,589 of them lost their lives, including 221 medical workers.
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