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Sierra Leone reaches final day of Ebola lockdown

Healthcare workers, rear, clean Ebola virus prevention gear at the Hastings Police training school, used as a Ebola virus treatment center with over a hundreds beds in the village of Hastings, Sierra Leone, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Some in Sierra Leone ran away from their homes Saturday and others clashed with health workers trying to bury dead Ebola victims as the country struggled through the second day of an unprecedented lockdown to combat the deadly disease. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff) Healthcare workers, rear, clean Ebola virus prevention gear at the Hastings Police training school, used as a Ebola virus treatment center with over a hundreds beds in the village of Hastings, Sierra Leone, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Some in Sierra Leone ran away from their homes Saturday and others clashed with health workers trying to bury dead Ebola victims as the country struggled through the second day of an unprecedented lockdown to combat the deadly disease. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff)

By Associated Press September 21, 2014 1 min read

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) – Volunteers going door to door during a three-day lockdown intended to combat Ebola in Sierra Leone say some residents are growing increasingly frustrated and complaining about food shortages.

Samuel Turay, 21, said Sunday that people in poorer neighborhoods of the capital, Freetown, were upset that handouts of rice and pepper were being distributed only to some houses.

Alexis Masciarelli, a spokesman for the World Food Program, said the agency had been providing food since the lockdown started Friday. But he said staffers were not going door to door and were instead relying on health care workers and volunteers to identify needy households.

Officials say Sierra Leoneans have largely complied with the lockdown designed to stem the biggest Ebola outbreak in history. The lockdown was set to end Sunday.