Good news continue to come from Kailahun district where the first case of Ebola in Sierra Leone was recorded. Reports say the Kailahun district Case Management Center is now reportedly empty and most of the health workers in the district have been transferred today to a treatment facility at Magburaka in the Tonkolili district. The […]
A radio journalist, Theophilus Sahr Gbenda of Culture Radio FM 104.5 has reportedly been detained at the Criminal Investigations Department headquarters in Freetown today. There is no official reason for his arrest but reports indicate that it is in connection with a report he posted on social media via whattsapp regarding an Ebola story involving
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42 new Ebola infections including 22 in Freetown and its environs reported on Monday December 22, 2014. Official reports indicate that no Ebola deaths were recorded on Monday. There are now 7,017 infected persons nationwide in Sierra Leone as of Monday. Freetown and its environs alone accounts for 2,646 infections. Health Ministry sources say the
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The National Ebola Response Center (NERC) in Freetown has announced the suspension of the movement of all ferry and boat traffic during the “Western Area Surge” operation. This order starts today and all Airline passengers traveling to Lungi can only use Pelican Boats from Aberdeen or travel by road to Lungi through the Portloko area.
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43 new Ebola infections today including 20 from Freetown and its environs. 27 deaths today bringing the total of Ebola deaths to 2,190 people nationwide since June. © ASM COMMUNICATION www.africanistpress.com
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An accident just happen at Grafton highway, by CRS new site around 8:30am today. A comedian who was engaged in a road-side community education program on Ebola is reported to have been knocked to death by a driver this morning along the new road in Grafton, in the outskirts of Freetown. The comedian was addressing
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The Chief Whip in Parliament has confirmed that Hon. Bliss Osho Williams has been admitted at Kerry Town Treatment Centre. He is the first member of the political class to be admitted at an Ebola treatment center. His status is yet to be confirmed. ©ASM COMMUNICATION www.africanistpress.com
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29 new Ebola infections reported today in Sierra Leone; 10 of these are in Freetown and its environs. Reports from Kailahun say there are no Ebola patients in the holding center in the district as the last patient was reportedly discharged today. Health officials in Sierra Leone said the total number of Ebola deaths has
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Reports reaching us indicate that Member of Parliament representing constituency 107,in the western area of Freetown; Osho Williams is seriously ill and has been picked up by the ebola patrol team at his Dundas street resident. The cause of his illness is yet to be confirmed. If he tests positive for Ebola, he will be
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Good news seems to be coming out of Kailahun today as the case management center workers celebrate the discharge of what they describe as the last ebola patient from the center. Sources say the case management center in Kailahun is empty today. The district was the center of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone and
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