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September 25, 2014

Sierra Leone Quarantines One-Third of Population after Searches Find New Cases 
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Sierra Leone has imposed the quarantine of more than a third of its
population in an effort to contain the outbreak of Ebola. A new order
cuts off around 1.2 million people on top of the nearly one million
others previously sealed off. The move comes after house-to-house
searches reportedly found hundreds of new cases and more than 260 dead
bodies. Official figures show the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has
infected more than 6,000 people and killed around half that number,
though the actual toll could be higher.

 

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