Efforts to beat ebola intensify

The West African countries hit hardest by ebola are ramping up efforts to eradicate the deadly disease using lockdowns, restrictions on burials and a warning to survivors about the potential dangers of unprotected sex.

The region’s ebola outbreak has killed more than 10,000 people since cases were first recorded more than a year ago, with most of the dead coming from Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

Sierra Leone imposed a three-day lockdown that officials hoped would help the country get “total control” over ebola. The lockdown was expected to conclude last night.