Sierra Leone orders three-day shutdown to stall Ebola

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Sierra Leone orders three-day shutdown to stall Ebola

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sierra-leone-plans-three-day-shutdown-stall-ebola-144301026.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oIXqE80Yt9mPEo8J3kuCBg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/784dadb5cbfc1185e61dfb8b845df6cd3bf6050d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Ebola virus has claimed 2,097 lives out of 3,944 people infected in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organization" align="left" title="The Ebola virus has claimed 2,097 lives out of 3,944 people infected in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organization" border="0" /></a>Sierra Leone said Saturday it will confine people to their homes in a nationwide three-day shutdown later this month aimed at containing the Ebola epidemic threatening west Africa. &quot;This will be strictly adhered to without exception,&quot; government spokesman Abdulai Bayratay told AFP by telephone as he announced the quarantine plan. Authorities in Freetown will use the three-day window to search out patients who have not come forward for treatment centres. &quot;Health workers as well as health-related NGO personnel will make house-to-house checks on homes for likely Ebola sufferers that relatives have hidden,&quot; he said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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