stemming the worst Ebola epidemic on record. The country's 6 million residents have been ordered to stay indoors as volunteers circulate to educate people about the outbreak and isolate the sick.
Stephen Gaojia, head of the Emergency Operations Centre, which leads the Ebola response, said the lock-down is likely to be extended, as it has not been concluded in some metropolitan cities like Freetown and Kenema.
The West Africa outbreak has so far killed more than 2,600 people and infected around twice as many since March.
