A team of British doctors working at an Ebola treatment center in Freetown have accussed an Italian NGO of using an untested drug to treat patients who have tested positive for the virus. The team of 14 British doctors, nurses and paramedics said they have stopped work at the Lakka Treatment Center in Freetown because […]
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60 new infected persons registered today in Sierra Leone; 29 from Freetown and its environs. Kabala in the Koinadugu district recorded its first case today and several people have been quarantined in their homes due to the new infection case in the area. Reports from the president’s hometown of Makeni say over two dozen pregnant
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More than 120 health workers at Magbenteh, one of the main hospitals in President Koroma’s hometown of Makeni have left more than two dozen pregnant women unattended. The health workers said they have gone on strike because their Ebola risk allowances have not been paid. They said 10 of their colleagues including a midwife have
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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone has disclosed that it has opened an investigation against a former Tourism Minister, Peter Bayuku Conteh. Conteh resigned from office a few days ago for health reasons, according to officials in the president’s office who read the notice of his resignation to the president. But the ACC’s Deputy
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Sierra Leone has recorded 55 new infections today on Christmas eve, according to official reports. 42 of today’s infections are from the Freetown area. A national lockdown is in force today in Sierra Leone as part of measures by the president to prevent public celebrations of Christmas and New Year. Prices of basic commodities went
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Ebola crisis is likely to last until the end of 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. A scientist who is credited to have discovered the virus in the 1970s is quoted to have said that preparations must be made for a long fight against the epidemic. Peter Piot told the BBC today that
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58 new infections reported today by health official in Sierra Leone; 26 of these are from Portloko and 18 from Freetown and its environs. Portloko and Freetown are leading Ebola hot spots in Sierra Leone at present. There are 8 news infections in Makeni today and 3 infections in Kono. The infections and death numbers
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Journalist Theophilus Gbenda who was arrested by police yesterday for a social media report via whattsapp regarding a story about a heart surgeon, Dr. Russel has been released on bail. Gbenda is the presenter of the “burning issues show” on Culture Radio FM 104.5 in Freetown. He said he was released without charge after spending
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The resident minister North has just announced a five (5) days lockdown of the entire northern region of Sierra Leone, which will start on December 24 to 28. The minister said, on these days there will be a restriction of movement between districts. The order also restricts movement of commercial motorbikes and vechiles across the
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Highlights of the latest figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the Ebola epidemic released today. WHO says the number of deaths for Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea has now passed 7,000 persons. The organization records 19,031 infection cases and 7,373 deaths so far. By country, WHO reports show that Sierra Leone has 8,759
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