Sierra Leone: 48 Missing Contacts Cajoled to Return Home

The Inter-Agency Rapid Response Team, comprising WHO, CDC, Concern Worldwide, GOAL, UN Women, among others, has - through the United Nations Resident Coordinating Office - encouraged 48 missing contacts to return home with assurance that they would not be penalised nor placed under quarantine.

"We are concerned for the well-being of these missing contacts and we want to be sure that they have not developed any symptoms of Ebola in the past 21 days," said Dr. Gabriel Rugalema, Interim Resident Coordinator. "We call upon them to make contact with members of their families or their nearest healthcare centres in case they become ill, to receive the support and care they deserve. We further call on them to return to their homes and they will not be penalized, or placed under quarantine."

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