Sierra Leone has banned public celebrations of Christmas and New Years because of the Ebola crisis.

According to officials, soldiers will be deployed on the streets throughout the festive period to keep people indoors.

Sierra Leone has the highest number of cases of Ebola in the current outbreak.

The WHO says 6,055 people have died in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

It was revealed earlier this month that a WHO deadline to halt the outbreak was only met by Guinea.

In October, the organisation launched its plan to isolate 70% of those infected and safely bury 70% of the victims in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone by December 1st.

But in Liberia, only 23% of cases are isolated and 26% of the needed burial teams are in place.

In Sierra Leone, around 40% of cases are isolated and 27% of burial teams are operational.

The Ebola outbreak was first reported in Guinea in March, and has spiralled out of control since a public health emergency was declared in August.

Last month, the US announced it was scaling back the size and number of Ebola clinics it had promised to build in Liberia.