Sierra Leone begins 3-day lockdown to fight Ebola outbreak - World - The Boston Globe
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One of the most stringent anti-Ebola measures to date began here Friday as Sierra Leone imposed a three-day national lockdown, ordering people off the streets and into their homes in an effort to stamp out the deadly disease.
Police officers patrolled the streets of the densely populated capital, telling stragglers to go home and stay indoors. Volunteers in bright jerseys prepared to go house-to-house throughout the country to warn people about Ebola’s dangers and to root out those who might be infected but were staying in hiding.
The normally busy streets of Freetown were empty Friday morning, stores were closed, and pedestrians were rare on the main thoroughfares.