Sierra Leone is being shut down for three days in a bid to stop a surge in cases of Ebola . The country 's president Ernest Koroma has ordered everybody to stay at home between now and Sunday in an effort to halt the spread of the killer disease . Sierra Leone had a previous nationwide curfew in September at the height of the epidemic . Scroll down for video . Sierra Leone residents have been told to remain indoors until Monday in an effort to halt the spread of Ebola . Almost 25,000 people have been infected with the killer disease , pictured , which has claimed 10,000 lives . The Christian Examiner reported President Koroma 's remarks , urging his people to work together . He said : 'The future of our country and the aspirations of our children are at stake , . ' I call on every Sierra Leonean in every community to pull together . The economic development of our country and the lives of our people continue to be threatened by the ongoing presence of Ebola in Sierra Leone . ' According to the World Health Organisation , there were 33 confirmed new cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone in the week of March 22 . The WHO said that that one-third of these cases were in the capital Freetown . As healthcare workers on the ground battle against the spread of the disease , two experimental vaccines against Ebola are now undergoing clinical trials in Liberia . A total of 600 people are being inoculated against the disease . Confirmed Ebola cases in Sierra Leone , pictured , seemed to be clustered near the country 's west coast . An estimated 12,000 people have been infected by Ebola in Sierra Leone , pictured . The country 's six million population have been told that the curfew could eliminate the disease from the country . Thousands of teams will fan out around the country , knocking on doors to remind people how Ebola is spread and how to prevent it . In the hot spots — the regions around the capital and in the north — health workers will also search for Ebola cases . Alfred Palo Conteh , the head of Sierra Leone 's Ebola response , says a major goal of the campaign is to fight complacency , more than a year after the outbreak was declared in West Africa . Ebola has infected nearly 12,000 people in Sierra Leone . In total , almost 25,000 have been infected with Ebola during the current outbreak claiming the lives of more than 10,000 people .
President Ernest Koroma has ordered the curfew until Monday morning . Healthcare workers hope this will stop the spread of the killer disease . Almost 25,000 people have been infected claiming more than 10,000 lives . Two new vaccines are being tested in neighbouring West Africa .