Sierra Leone Lockdown

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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.

• 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.

• Ebola Outbreak: Sierra Leone Quarantines More Than One Million People

  Sierra Leone has ordered the quarantine "with immediate effect" of three districts and 12 tribal chiefdoms affecting more than one million people, in the largest lockdown in west Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak.

• Sierra Leone Ebola Lockdown Found at least 200 Infected, Dead: Government

  Sierra Leone's controversial Ebola lockdown has uncovered some 150 new cases of the deadly virus in addition to around 70 bodies previously unaccounted for, according to the authorities, who said they may repeat the campaign.

• Sierra Leone's Three-Day Ebola Shutdown Ends

  Millions of Sierra Leoneans were set to emerge from their homes on Monday after a three-day nationwide lockdown during which scores of dead bodies and new cases of Ebola infections were uncovered.

• Sierra Leone's Ebola Lockdown Likely to be Extended

  A three-day lockdown in Sierra Leone aimed at stemming the worst Ebola epidemic on record has identified dozens of new infections, but has not reached everyone in the country and is likely to be extended, a senior official said on Sunday.

• Ebola Lockdown Brings Sierra Leone Capital to a Halt

  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.

• Fear and Hope as Sierra Leone Braces for Three-Day Ebola Lockdown

  In her free time Isha Turay, an 18-year-old Sierra Leonean student, sells vegetables on Malama Thomas Street in the heart of the bustling capital, Freetown, so that she and her siblings can eat.

• Sierra Leone Readies for Controversial Ebola Lockdown

  Sierra Leone prepared on Thursday for an unprecedented three-day nationwide lockdown to contain the deadly spread of the Ebola virus in a controversial move which experts claimed could worsen the epidemic.