Despite his quarantine, Sam-Sumana,right, is set to become acting president later Sunday when President Ernest Bai Koroma, centre, leaves Sierra
Leone to attend a EU conference on Ebola
The vice president of Sierra Leone has put himself in voluntary quarantine after one of his security guards died of Ebola.
Samuel Sam-Sumana's security staff died last Tuesday, and the Vice President is now set to remain in quarantine for three weeks.
Despite his quarantine, Sam-Sumana is set to become acting president later Sunday when President Ernest Bai Koroma leaves Sierra Leone to attend a EU conference on Ebola in Belgium.
The Vice President will carry out his duties as president from his home, the government has said.
Sam-Sumana is the highest ranking African official to be in quarantine in this Ebola outbreak, which is fast approaching a death toll of 10,000.
Sam-Sumana voluntarily decided to quarantine himself for 21 days following the death from Ebola last Tuesday of one of his security personnel, according to the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation.
Sam-Sumana called on all those who have been in contact with the dead man to also put themselves in quarantine, said the report.
'The Vice President opted to quarantine himself because he wants to lead by example,' Sierra Leone's Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Theo Nicol said.
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