Sierra Leone ends anti-Ebola lockdown after 3 days

Freetown - Sierra Leoneans were once again allowed to leave their homes on Sunday evening after the government announced the end of a three-day nationwide lockdown aimed at preventing a resurgence of the deadly Ebola virus.

During the curfew period - which was ordered by President Ernest Bai Koroma and ran from 06:00 on Friday until 18:00 on Sunday - some 26 000 volunteers went door-to-door to check for sick people and raise awareness about the disease.

Officials at the National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) said locals had overwhelmingly complied with the lockdown, the second time in six months the country's six million residents were told to stay indoors over Ebola concerns.