The virus is still flickering in Kenema, but the great fire has died down. Sierra Leone is getting a thousand new Ebola cases a month, a number that is dropping rapidly. The virus is active in Kono, an area to the north of Kenema. The schools of Sierra Leone are closed. All over the country there are roadblocks, where soldiers and police officers point a digital thermometer at your forehead and ask you questions about where you’ve been and where you’re going.
