Bad news continues to come from President Koroma’s hometown of Makeni where over a hundred health workers went on strike over non-payment of allowances and abandoned over two dozen pregnant women, leaving them unattended. The latest reports from Makeni today are grim as Ebola is said to have attacked the Medical Unit & nbsp. Three […]
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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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(December 1-25) 1st Dec. = 72 cases 2nd Dec. = 61 cases 3rd Dec. = 93 cases 4th Dec. = 69 cases 5th Dec. = 37 cases 6th Dec. = 54 cases 7th Dec. = 25 cases 8th Dec. = 58 cases 9th Dec.= 45 cases 10th Dec= 37 cases 11th Dec. = 40 cases
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We want you to remember the following as you celebrate Christmass and New Year with your family: WHO says 30,000 children have been orphaned by Ebola in Sierra Leone. 2,000 Ebola orphans in Port Loko district alone. 5 million children out of school, majority from Sierra Leone. Some of these kids may never go back
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By: Chernoh Alpha M. Bah December 24, 2014 Today is Christmas Eve and I am still in Guinea. I arrived in Conakry by road from Freetown on Friday night and have been here for nearly a week now, trying to find out what is happening here with the Ebola outbreak. I have not heard a
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By: Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Dec. 22, 2014 I am currently in Guinea, where the first case of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa was reportedly recorded. I arrived here on Friday night traveling by road from Freetown to Conakry. It is my first trip into the provinces of Sierra Leone since the end of
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A newspaper in Freetown has reported that the National Administrative Council (NAC) of the ruling party in Sierra Leone is planning to expel the country’s vice president from its ranks ahead of the next leadership conference. Global Times says there is strong indication that the ruling All People Congress leadership council is contemplating action to
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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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46 new infections reported today; bringing the total of infected persons to 6,856 nationwide. Health officials also said 16 people died today of Ebola, including a prominent doctor, Victor Willoughby. So far 2,111 people have died of Ebola in Sierra Leone since June, 2014. There were 18 infected persons from Freetown and its environs today.
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