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Members of the Fofah family peek through the door as they observe a quarantine at home in Takila Road in Freetown. (Francisco Leong, AFP)
Members of the Fofah family peek through the door as they observe a quarantine at home in Takila Road in Freetown. (Francisco Leong, AFP)

Freetown - A three-day lockdown in Sierra Leone has exposed hundreds of potential new cases of Ebola, aiding efforts to bring to an end an epidemic that has already killed 3 000 people in the country.

Officials ordered the country's 6 million residents to stay indoors or face arrest during the period that ended late on Sunday as hundreds of health officials went door-to-door looking for hidden patients and educating residents about the virus.

Reports to authorities of sick people increased by 191% in Western Area, which includes the capital, during the lockdown compared with the previous weekend, said Obi Sesay of the National Ebola Response Centre.

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