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Sierra Leone VP Quarantines Self After Bodyguard Dies of Ebola

Sierra Leonean Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana placed himself under a 21-day quarantine Saturday after one of his bodyguards died of Ebola. Sam-Sumana told Reuters, "I have decided to be put under quarantine because I do not want to take chances and I want to lead by example. I am very well and showing no signs of illness." Doctors say the incubation period for Ebola — the period between infection with the virus and the appearance of symptoms — is 21 days. Cases of the...

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