EBOLA UPDATE 18 persons died today January 8, 2015 of Ebola in Sierra Leone and 31 new infections recorded nationwide, according to official reports. Freetown and its environs account for 19 of today’s new infections. Health officials said 3 of the test results for today can not be traced to anyone as the data identifying […]
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Reports from the diamond rich district of Kono in eastern Sierra Leone confirm that a new Ebola laboratory and treatment center has been opened today to respond to the rising cases of infections in the area. District Medical Officer (DMO) for Kono district, Dr. Manso Dumbuya has confirmed that the newly built Ebola Treatment Centre
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The National Ebola Response Center (NERC) has released a monthly comparative statistical data of Ebola infections and deaths in Sierra Leone capturing the last five months in 2014. In August, NERC said 1,106 were infected and 388 people died of Ebola. By September, the infection numbers rose to 2,212 and death numbers rose to 532.
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State House sources in Freetown have disclosed that the Chairman of the African Union (AU), President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania, will arrive in Sierra Leone on Tuesday January 6, 2015 on a visit as part of a 3-country tour of Ebola-hit Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. He is expected to asses the situation
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29 new Ebola infections were registered on January 2, 2015 by health officials in Sierra Leone. 14 of these infections are from Freetown, 7 in Portloko, 3 in Kono and 3 in Moyamba. No infections were recorded on January 2, 2015 in Kailahun, Kenema, and Makeni, the hometown of the president. Over 2, 900 people
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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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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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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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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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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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