Tag: Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone releases last known Ebola patient from hospital
Sierra Leone on Monday released its last confirmed Ebola patient from hospital and began a 42-day countdown to being declared…
2017 AFCON Qualifiers: Nigeria to host Sierra Leone/Cote d’Ivoire clash
Nigeria will host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match between reigning African champions Cote d’Ivoire and the…
Ebola: Liberia, others to get $5bn assistance from international community
The international community has pledged more than five billion dollars, to support Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, in their efforts…
Ebola Surfaces Again
Two new cases of Ebola have been recorded in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, weeks after the city was thought…
Sierra Leone parliament extends emergency rule by 90 days
Sierra Leone Parliament on Friday in Freetown, ratified the extension, by 90 days, of the state of emergency which was…
Ebola cases rise in Guinea, Sierra Leone, says WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), confirmed on Tuesday that Ebola has spread further in Guinea and Sierra Leone. Bruce Aylward,…
Sierra Leone announces Ebola lockdown of 2.5 million people
Sierra Leone said Thursday it will confine around 2.5 million people to their homes across the capital and in the…
Sierra Leone vice-president asks US for asylum
Sierre Leone’s Vice President Sam Sumana has applied for asylum at the US embassy in Freetown and is in hiding…
Sierra Leone reports sharp increase in Ebola cases
Sierra Leone said on Wednesday it was seeing a spike in Ebola infections, blaming unsafe burials that threaten to undermine…
Sierra Leone quarantines 700 homes after Ebola case
Sierra Leone placed hundreds of homes in the capital under Ebola quarantine Friday, in a huge blow for its recovery…
Ebola not over yet, new cases soar in Guinea, LIberia, Sierra Leone
The weekly number of new Ebola cases registered across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone rose in the last week of…
Red Cross nurse dies from Ebola in Sierra Leone
A nurse working for the Red Cross in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola in the eastern district of Kenema,…
S.Leone nurses strike over Ebola pay amid lockdown
Nurses at a public hospital in northern Sierra Leone were on strike Thursday to demand hazard pay for treating Ebola…
Sierra Leone goes door-to-door to fight Ebola surge
Sierra Leone on Wednesday said health workers would go door-to-door as part of sweeping efforts to stem the spread of…
Sierra Leone cancels Christmas as Ebola crisis deepens
Sierra Leone said Friday it was banning any public Christmas celebrations as the spiralling caseload of Ebola infections continues to…
Tenth Sierra Leone doctor dies of Ebola
A tenth doctor has died after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone, the government said on Sunday, increasing alarm over the…
Sierra Leone to jail ‘entire families’ in Ebola crackdown
Sierra Leone warned on Friday it would jail entire families if Ebola victims who appeared to have been washed after…
Doctor with Ebola dies in US hospital
A doctor from Sierra Leone who was being treated at a US hospital for Ebola has died, the Nebraska Medical…
Ebola: Sierra Leone hits out at Canada over visa block
Sierra Leone accused Canada on Saturday of discrimination over its decision to suspend visa applications for residents of Ebola-hit nations.…
Ebola: Lagos to deploy health workers to Sierra Leone
The Lagos State Government on Sunday said it was finalising arrangements to deploy some health workers who had helped in…
British troops train ahead of Ebola mission in S. Leone
Dozens of British military personnel are due to fly to Sierra Leone next week to help build medical facilities to…
Children who lost parents to Ebola shunned by families – UNICEF
Thousands of children who have lost parents to the west African Ebola epidemic risk are being shunned by frightened and…
Ebola Could Strike 20,000 In Six Weeks — Study
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa could infect 20,000 people as soon as early November unless rigorous infection control measures…
China ups its medics in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone to 174
China will send more medics to Ebola-hit Sierra Leone to help boost laboratory testing for the virus, raising the total…
Obama To Outline Battle Plans Against Ebola
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to detail on Tuesday a plan to boost his country’s involvement in mitigating the…
Fourth Sierra Leonean doctor dies from Ebola
A fourth Sierra Leonean doctor, a woman, died Sunday after contracting the dreaded Ebola virus, the country’s chief medical officer…
Cuba sends 165 health workers to Sierra Leone in Ebola fight
Cuba will send 165 doctors and nurses to Sierra Leone to help fight the Ebola outbreak, Cuba’s health minister and…
Ebola Cuts Sierra Leone Growth To 3-Yr Low —Govt
Sierra Leone said Wednesday the Ebola crisis had devastated the economy, with growth projections pared back to single digits for…
Ebola: Nigerians Stranded In S’Leone
Abubakar Hashim/Freetown with Agency report Scores of Nigerians are stranded in Sierra Leone following the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease…
Britain to set up Ebola centre in Sierra Leone
Britain is to set up a medical centre to treat victims of the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, the international…