The Liberia government has announced the closure of a large number of quarantine communities and schools across the country in a bid to stop the worst Ebola outbreak on record.
Security forces in Liberia were ordered to enforce the measures, part of an action plan that included placing all non-essential government workers on 30-day compulsory leave.
Earlier over 672 deaths have been blamed on Ebola in Liberia, neighbouring Guinea and Sierra Leone, according to World Health Organisation figures. Liberia accounted for just under one-fifth of those deaths.