Sierra Leone President Orders Three-Day National Lockdown Against Ebola

 Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koromo ordered the country’s entire population Saturday to keep to their homes on March 27-29 in a bid to stem the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic.

“All Sierra Leoneans must stay at home for three days,” he announced, expanding a previous order from the authorities for a lockdown in the capital Freetown and northern areas of the country.