The World Health Organization (WHO) says Red Cross volunteers working in Guinea continue to face serious threats from community people in Ebola affected areas. The WHO statement follows the attack on two Red Cross volunteers on Sunday February 8, 2015 in the town of Forécariah, few kilometers from Conakry. The aid workers were beaten up […]
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Health officials in Sierra Leone say they have started recording a rising number of new Ebola infections in Sierra Leone. The announcement follows a report of 14 new infections on Thursday February 12, 2015 and 14 new infections and 13 deaths the previous day. Majority of the new infections are within the city of Freetown.
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World Health Organization (WHO) officials said yesterday that the progress recorded against the Ebola epidemic during the first weeks of this year has suffered a tremendous setback this week. WHO says new rise in Ebola infection numbers has been recorded this week raising concerns that the virus is taking a new trend in the region.
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Liberia has delayed the planned re-opening of schools, saying they are not not yet fully prepared to prevent the spread of Ebola. The schools were closed in July last year due to the Ebola outbreak. Authorities in Monrovia said they had planned to reopen schools on Monday, but teaching will not begin until February 16.
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Schools in Sierra Leone are to reopen in March. Education Minister Minkailu Bah said that school fees would be subsidised for secondary school students to help parents. The ministry would also provide teaching and learning materials as well as ensuring schools were safe and disinfected. State House sources say that President Koroma is also expected
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Authorities in Guinea, one of the countries worst hit by the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, have announced the reopening of schools today. Guinea’s Education Ministry said there is no risk of widespread infection due to school’s reopening. Schools were closed in the three affected countries to prevent the spread of the epidemic. © ASM
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Health officials in Sierra Leone recorded 12 new infections today nationwide; 5 of these are in Freetown and its environs, 3 in Moyamba, 3 in Portloko, 2 in Bombali, and 1 in Kono. All other districts today recorded no infections today. The latest jump in numbers of infections came after health officials project a slump
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The promising signs reported by health workers yesterday regarding the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone has taken a discouraging development this evening as official reports state that 18 people died today of Ebola and 24 new infections were equally recorded nationwide. 14 of today’s new infections are from Portloko and 7 are from Freetown and
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Authorities in Sierra Leone said Ebola infection numbers and deaths have progressively gone down over the last two days. On Friday, January 16, 2015 health officials in Freetown said only 6 new infections and 10 deaths were recorded compared to 16 new infections the previous day. “This is the first single digit infection rate we
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Latest figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) released today has revealed that 8,371 people have died of Ebola in West Africa as of January 3, 2015. WHO says Sierra Leone has 10,094 infected persons and 3,049 Ebola deaths as of January 3, 2015. In Liberia 3,515 people have died of Enola and 8,278 people
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