Sierra Leone declares emergency as Ebola death toll hits 729<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sierra-leone-president-declares-state-emergency-over-ebola-084642625.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f38A0s5PbU2gTHOPwdp2YQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-31T084642Z_1007000001_LYNXMPEA6U0B6_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-HEALTH-EBOLA-LEONE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sierra Leone's President Bai Koroma attends a meeting of ECOWAS in Yamoussoukro" align="left" title="Sierra Leone's President Bai Koroma attends a meeting of ECOWAS in Yamoussoukro" border="0" /></a>By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims, joining neighbouring Liberia in imposing controls as the death toll from the outbreak of the virus hit 729 in West Africa. The World Health Organisation said it would launch a $100 million response plan on Friday during a meeting with the affected nations in Guinea. The WHO on Thursday reported 57 new deaths in the four days to July 27 in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, raising the death toll to 729. It said the number of Ebola cases had topped 1,300.</p><br clear="all"/>
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