Sierra Leone orders three-day shutdown to stall Ebola

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Sierra Leone orders three-day shutdown to stall Ebola

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. "This will be strictly adhered to without exception," 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. "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," he said.

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