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| Sierra Leone declares Ebola emergency | |
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| Sierra Leone's president has declared a public health emergency to curb the deadly Ebola outbreak. | |
| Ernest Bai Koroma said the epicentres of the outbreak in the east would be quarantined and asked the security forces to enforce the measures. | |
| The UN says more than 670 people in West Africa have died of Ebola since February - 224 of them in Sierra Leone. | |
| This includes Dr Sheik Umar Khan who led Sierra Leone's fight against the virus. His funeral is on Thursday. | |
| As part of the new measures to contain the viral haemorrhagic fever, travellers at airports will have wash their hand with disinfectant and their temperature checked, President Koroma said in a statement. | |
| The president also announced that he was cancelling a visit to Washington for the US-Africa summit next week because of the crisis. | |
| His measures follow tough anti-Ebola policies introduced this week in neighbouring Liberia. | |
| Ebola virus disease (EVD) | |
| Profile: Dr Sheik Umar Khan |