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Sierra Leone President Orders Three-Day National Lockdown Against Ebola

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koromo ordered the country’s entire population Saturday to keep to their homes on March 27-29 in a bid to stem the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic.

“All Sierra Leoneans must stay at home for three days,” he announced, expanding a previous order from the authorities for a lockdown in the capital Freetown and northern areas of the country.(VANGUARD)