Ebola: nationwide lockdown begins in Sierra Leone

Over six million people have been ordered to stay in their homes to help stop the spread of the disease

MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 14:Aburial team prepares to collect the dead body of a woman suspected of dying of the Ebola virus on August 14, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Teams of undertakers wea
LIBERIA, AUGUST: A burial team prepares to collect the dead body of a suspected Ebola victim. The epidemic has killed more than 6,800 people, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
(Image credit: 2014 Getty Images)

The government in Sierra Leone has enforced a three-day nationwide lockdown in an effort to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic in the country.

More than six million people will be confined to their homes until Sunday evening and all trading will cease as healthcare workers go door-to-door, checking people for Ebola symptoms.

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