Sierra Leone wraps up three-day Ebola lockdown

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Sierra Leone wraps up three-day Ebola lockdown

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sierra-leone-wraps-three-day-ebola-lockdown-061642553.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3OlLfDw3d_t157Kt41Pz8Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/cms/homes/Reuters/2014-09-22T061642Z_1007970001_LYNXNPEA8L05D_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-UK-HEALTH-EBOLA-LEONE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An empty street is seen at the start of a three-day national lockdown in Freetown" align="left" title="An empty street is seen at the start of a three-day national lockdown in Freetown" border="0" /></a>By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leoneans on Sunday celebrated the end of a three-day lockdown aimed at stemming the world's worst ever Ebola epidemic, as authorities claimed the controversial operation had identified dozens of new infections and located scores of bodies. In the most extreme strategy employed by a nation since the epidemic began, Sierra Leone ordered its 6 million residents to stay indoors as volunteers circulated to educate households as well as isolate the sick and remove the dead. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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