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Ebola lockdown brings Sierra Leone capital to a halt

An empty street is seen at the start of a three-day national lockdown in Freetown September 19, 2014.Credit: Reuters/Umaru Fofana

Freetown; Sierra Leone:  Streets in the capital of Sierra Leone were deserted on Friday as the West African state began a contested, three-day lockdown in a bid to halt the worst Ebola outbreak on record.

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