Ebola lockdown brings Sierra Leone capital to a halt

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Ebola lockdown brings Sierra Leone capital to a halt

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-lockdown-brings-sierra-leone-capital-halt-112709633--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2jK3lZHGTpKTukpPrEm0Gg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/cms/homes/Reuters/2014-09-20T112709Z_1007970001_LYNXMPEA8J03S_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-UK-HEALTH-EBOLA.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 and Josephus Olu-Mammah FREETOWN (Reuters) - Streets in the capital of Sierra Leone were deserted on Friday as the West African state began a contested, three-day lockdown in a bid to halt the worst Ebola outbreak on record. President Ernest Bai Koroma urged people to heed the emergency measures as health workers, some clad in protective biohazard suits, went house to house, checking on residents and marking each doorway they visited with chalk. Radio stations played Ebola awareness jingles on repeat and encouraged residents to stay indoors. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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