Curfew imposed as Ebola crisis grows.
Updated 20 Aug 2014
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has imposed a night-time curfew starting tonight and quarantined two affected neighbourhoods in a bid to halt the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
From tonight, August 20, a curfew from 21h00 to 06h00 will be implemented nationwide.
Additionally, all entertainment centres are to be closed, while all video centres will close at 18h00.
The new quarantine areas include Monrovia's West Point slum.
Meanwhile, Liberia's Information Minister Lewis Brown announced the return of 17 missing Ebola patients, who had fled a medical facility in West Point on Saturday after it was attacked.
In other news, a fifth person has died from Ebola in Nigeria.
The outbreak has now killed 1 229 people in West Africa. Strict hygiene standards must be maintained at all times.
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