that from 19 - 21 September people will not be allowed to leave their houses.
The aim of the aim for the ban on move is to allow health workers to isolate new cases to avert the disease from spreading further in the country.
The outbreak has killed about 2,100 people in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria in few months.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that health workers could be given vaccines as from November, when safety tests are completed.
More than 20 health workers have lost their lives to the virus in Sierra Leone since March when the outbreak of the Ebola virus disease.
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Sierra Leone officials said more than 20,000 people would be deployed to make sure people stayed indoors in their homes.
Sidie Yahya Tunis, the health ministry's communications director, said "We don't expect them to refuse. You follow or else you'll be breaking the law. If you disobey then you are disobeying the president." ''AmplePress'' NEWS AGENT noted:
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