West Africa: Ebola Lockdowns - Anything to 'Get to Zero'

Freetown — As part of Sierra Leone's bid to combat Ebola, the entire population of more than six million people has been obliged to stay at home for up to four days straight on two occasions over the past year.

Officials say the lockdowns - dozens more have also taken place in localised "hot zones" - do much to achieve the government's goal of reaching zero cases of the Ebola virus, but poor Sierra Leoneans can barely afford to miss several days of vital earnings in a row.

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