The president of Sierra Leone has ordered the entire country to stay at home for three days in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola . Ernest Koroma has ordered the entire population into lock down from 6am on March 27 until 6pm on March 29 . It comes as Guinea , Liberia and Sierra Leone - which have been the centres of the outbreak which has killed more than 10,000 people - have set a goal of cutting off the disease 's spread by April 16 . The president of Sierra Leone has ordered the entire country to stay at home for three days in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola . The worst-ever outbreak of the virus has claimed almost 3,700 lives in Sierra Leone , one of three impoverished west African nations that have seen their economies and healthcare systems wrecked by the crisis . Koroma said : 'All Sierra Leoneans must stay at home for three days , ' he announced , expanding a previous order for a lockdown in the capital Freetown and northern areas of the country nationwide . ' I have made my personal commitment to do whatever it takes to get to zero Ebola infections and I call on every Sierra Leonean in every community to pull together , ' he added . Liberia had previously reported that it had reached an end to the epidemic in the country but a new case appeared in its capital Monrovia on Friday . The infected woman is the wife of a man already cured of the disease , it has been reported . One of the deadliest viruses known to man , Ebola is spread only through direct contact with the bodily fluids of the recently deceased or an infected person showing symptoms , such as fever or vomiting . Health workers from Sierra Leone 's Red Cross Society Burial Team carry an ebola victim from a house in Freetown . The World Health Organization said Ebola can still be transmitted in sperm 82 days after a patient carrying the virus is cured . The worst-ever outbreak of the virus has claimed almost 3,700 lives in Sierra Leone , one of three impoverished west African nations that have seen their economies and healthcare systems wrecked by the crisis . '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 , ' President Koroma said . 'The future of our country and the aspirations of our children are at stake . '
Sierra Leone has ordered entire population into lock down for 72 hours . Guinea , Liberia and Sierra Leone have goal of cutting off disease by April 1 . The worst-ever outbreak of virus has claimed 3,700 lives in Sierra Leone .