On Wednesday, Sierra Leone, one of the countries hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak, said it would begin house-to-house searches for those infected with the virus.
CBC News reported that health workers in country’s capital city of Freetown are seeking out victims and anyone they had contact with to transport them to new treatment centers.
Reuters reported that as part of a government plan to lessen the spread of the disease within four to six weeks, travel restrictions will also be put in place.
More than 6,800 people have died since the outbreak began in March and while cases in Guinea and Liberia have begun to decline, cases in Sierra Leone have begun to rise.
"Given the efforts we have undertaken we would expect to see a significant decrease in cases within several weeks," Tom Frieden, director of the U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a visit to Freetown.
President Ernest Bai Koroma previously announced as another measure to combat the debilitating disease, that all Christmas and New Year celebrations in the country have been banned.
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