Ebola deaths reported till now may be the tip of the iceberg

The deadly Ebola epidemic is now assuming immense proportions because, in Sierra Leone, dead bodies have been found piled up near a diamond mine in Kono.
As per reports of the World Health Organization, they have uncovered a "grim scene" in the eastern district of Kono where a WHO response team had gone to investigate a sharp rise in Ebola cases. This epidemic has taken 6,346 lives in West Africa, with more than 17,800 infected and Sierra Leone has the highest number of Ebola cases with 7,897 cases eported since the beginning of the outbreak.
WHO has, over 11 days in Kono, had two teams bury 87 bodies – the team consisted of a nurse, an ambulance driver, and a janitor. They had been drafted to remove the bodies as they piled up. Such bodies are highly infectious and safe burials are vital to prevent the transmission of the disease.
The response team had also found 25 people who had died in the past five days piled up in a cordoned section of the local hospital.
The district of Kono with over 350,000 inhabitants had reported 119 cases up to 9 December and, in view of WHO revelations, the authorities in Sierra Leone have decided to put Kono district on "lockdown" from 10 to 23 December to try and contain the outbreak.
During the lockdown period, no-one will be able to enter or leave the district but they can move around freely within it.