September 19, 2014 -- Updated 0408 GMT (1208 HKT) (CNN) -- Sierra Leone starts a three-day nationwide lockdown Friday in an effort to halt an Ebola outbreak that has left thousands dead in the region. Under the plan, no one will be allowed to leave their homes for three days, allowing volunteers to go door-to-door educating people on the deadly virus. Muslims should pray at home Friday while Christians do the same on Sunday, the nation's officials said. "We believe this is the best way for now to identify those who are sick and remove them from those who are well," said Alhaji Alpha Kanu, the nation's minister of information. But aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors...
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