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Uganda Lifts Lockdown In Ebola Epicentre, Government Remains On High Alert
Uganda on Saturday lifted a two-month lockdown on two districts at the epicentre of the country's Ebola epidemic, amid cautious hope that the outbreak could end soon.
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Uganda Locks Down Two Districts To Halt Spread Of Ebola
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday imposed a lockdown on two districts at the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak, barring personal travel, ordering a night curfew and shuttering public places.
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Sierra Leone Ends Ebola Quarantine for 500 Villagers
Sierra Leone has ended an Ebola lockdown in the northern village of Massessbe that had kept more than 500 residents in quarantine, as President Ernest Bai Koroma said only two people were still being treated for the virus nationwide.
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Sierra Leone Ends Anti-Ebola Lockdown After 3 Days
Sierra Leoneans were once again allowed to leave their homes Sunday evening after the government announced the end of a three-day nationwide lockdown aimed at preventing a resurgence of the deadly Ebola virus.
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Police Fire Tear Gas on Crowd During Sierra Leone Ebola Lockdown
Police fired tear gas at an angry crowd fighting over food supplies in Sierra Leone today, while other residents defied a three-day national lockdown that the government hopes will accelerate the end of the Ebola epidemic.
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Sierra Leone President Orders 3-Day National Lockdown Against Ebola
Sierra Leone's President Ernest Koromo ordered the country's entire population on Saturday to keep to their homes on March 27-29 in a bid to stem the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic.
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New Ebola Lockdown in Sierra Leone as Airport Checks Upped
The Ebola lockdown in the northern Tonkolili district of Sierra Leone was extended on Sunday for two weeks as authorities stepped up the fight to contain the epidemic.
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Sierra Leone Nurses Strike Over Ebola Hazard Pay Amid Lockdown
Nurses at a public hospital in northern Sierra Leone were on strike Thursday to demand hazard pay for treating Ebola patients, as the region was under lockdown in a bid by authorities to combat the killer virus.
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Sierra Leone Declares Five-Day Ebola Lockdown in North
The Sierra Leone government on Wednesday declared a five-day lockdown in the country's north to step up efforts to contain the Ebola epidemic, while making an exception for Christmas.
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US Army Base in Texas on Lockdown After Suspicious Vehicle Found
A lockdown was ordered at a US Army base in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday evening in what a military spokesman described as a "high security incident" while adding that there was "no threat."
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Uganda Lifts Lockdown In Ebola Epicentre, Government Remains On High Alert
Uganda on Saturday lifted a two-month lockdown on two districts at the epicentre of the country's Ebola epidemic, amid cautious hope that the outbreak could end soon.
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Uganda Locks Down Two Districts To Halt Spread Of Ebola
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday imposed a lockdown on two districts at the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak, barring personal travel, ordering a night curfew and shuttering public places.
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Sierra Leone Ends Ebola Quarantine for 500 Villagers
Sierra Leone has ended an Ebola lockdown in the northern village of Massessbe that had kept more than 500 residents in quarantine, as President Ernest Bai Koroma said only two people were still being treated for the virus nationwide.
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Sierra Leone Ends Anti-Ebola Lockdown After 3 Days
Sierra Leoneans were once again allowed to leave their homes Sunday evening after the government announced the end of a three-day nationwide lockdown aimed at preventing a resurgence of the deadly Ebola virus.
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Police Fire Tear Gas on Crowd During Sierra Leone Ebola Lockdown
Police fired tear gas at an angry crowd fighting over food supplies in Sierra Leone today, while other residents defied a three-day national lockdown that the government hopes will accelerate the end of the Ebola epidemic.
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Sierra Leone President Orders 3-Day National Lockdown Against Ebola
Sierra Leone's President Ernest Koromo ordered the country's entire population on Saturday to keep to their homes on March 27-29 in a bid to stem the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic.
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New Ebola Lockdown in Sierra Leone as Airport Checks Upped
The Ebola lockdown in the northern Tonkolili district of Sierra Leone was extended on Sunday for two weeks as authorities stepped up the fight to contain the epidemic.
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Sierra Leone Nurses Strike Over Ebola Hazard Pay Amid Lockdown
Nurses at a public hospital in northern Sierra Leone were on strike Thursday to demand hazard pay for treating Ebola patients, as the region was under lockdown in a bid by authorities to combat the killer virus.
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Sierra Leone Declares Five-Day Ebola Lockdown in North
The Sierra Leone government on Wednesday declared a five-day lockdown in the country's north to step up efforts to contain the Ebola epidemic, while making an exception for Christmas.
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US Army Base in Texas on Lockdown After Suspicious Vehicle Found
A lockdown was ordered at a US Army base in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday evening in what a military spokesman described as a "high security incident" while adding that there was "no threat."
