Sierra Leone president visits Ebola epicenter

Sierra Leone's president visited the epicenter of an Ebola outbreak on Monday as West African leaders stepped up efforts to contain the spread of the deadly virus. It was Ernest Bai Koroma's first visit to the northeastern district of Kailahun since the start of the epidemic that has killed some 672 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), making it the worst outbreak ever. The president headed to Kailahun by helicopter after a prayer session at the national stadium to mark the end of the Muslim month of fasting. Koroma, a Christian, told the Muslim congregation that he would visit Sheik Umar Khan, the country's leading Ebola doctor who tested positive for the virus last week.



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