World Dispatches

CONAKRY, Guinea African region ramps up Ebola-eradication efforts The West African countries hit hardest by Ebola are ramping up efforts to eradicate the deadly disease using lockdowns, restrictions on burials and a warning to survivors about the potential dangers of unprotected sex. The region’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 10,000 people since cases were first recorded more than a year ago. Sierra Leone, which has seen the most cases, imposed a three-day lockdown that officials hoped would help the country get “total control” over Ebola. Neighboring Guinea could soon be holding its own lockdowns after President Alpha Conde announced that emergency steps would be “reinforced” for a 45-day period in five districts in the west of the country. All burials in the affected areas will need to be secured by Red Cross or security forces, and all dead bodies will be systematically tested, Conde said.