Despite the discrete rate of Ebola as it spreads in Liberia, voters in
have decided to going to the polls in an election that was earlier postponed in
October, 2014.
Liberians
are choosing representatives to the country's senate.
Among
the 139 candidates vying for 15
seats are former
football star George Weah and Robert Sirleaf, the son of Liberia's president.
Ebola
has infected about 19,000 people in West Africa, killing more than 7,300 - with
about 3,340 deaths in Liberia.
The
senate elections were postponed in October in a bid to stop campaigners and
voters spreading the virus.
The
election is being held just days after neighbouring Sierra Leone clamped down
on public gatherings.
It
has banned Sunday trading, restricted travel between districts and prohibited
public celebrations over Christmas and the New Year.
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