The president of Sierra Leone has ordered the entire country to stay at home for three days in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola.
Ernest Koroma has ordered the entire population into lock down from 6am on March 27 until 6pm on March 29.
It comes as Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - which have been the centres of the outbreak which has killed more than 10,000 people - have set a goal of cutting off the disease's spread by April 16.
The president of Sierra Leone has ordered the entire country to stay at home for three days in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola
The worst-ever outbreak of the virus has claimed almost 3,700 lives in Sierra Leone, one of three impoverished west African nations that have seen their economies and healthcare systems wrecked by the crisis
Koroma said: 'All Sierra Leoneans must stay at home for three days,' he announced, expanding a previous order for a lockdown in the capital Freetown and northern areas of the country nationwide.
'I have made my personal commitment to do whatever it takes to get to zero Ebola infections and I call on every Sierra Leonean in every community to pull together,' he added.
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