Herbert M’cleod: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2020: Just seen a letter to the President requesting 14-days “… full lockdown to flatten the curve in the rising number of COVID-19 cases across the country.” My first question was: what curve? So far we haven’t seen any curve presented for Sierra [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2020: Six people were today discharged from the 34 Military Hospital in Freetown, after successfully receiving treatment and cleared of the virus. They are among the first group of 35 confirmed cases that were admitted at the military hospital. The index case – Mr Alphajor [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2020: Sierra Leone has in the last twenty-four hours recorded 5 new cases of the COVID-19 virus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 35. But as the number of cases rises slowly, questions are being asked about the effectiveness of the government’s strategic [Read More]
Jesmed F Suma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2020: Fellow Sierra Leoneans, as cases of the corona virus disease COVID 19 continue to ravage the world and outstretch health care systems of countries with the most sophisticated healthcare infrastructure like the US, the government of Sierra Leone is one of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2020: Yesterday’s jaw-dropping eleven new cases found in Sierra Leone did not come as a surprise, given the very large number of people that are now being traced as primary and secondary contacts of the first wave of infected cases. And today’s additional four new [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 April 2020: Just hours after the Sierra Leone Telegraph reported an increase of just two COVID-19 cases in Sierra Leone, which were confirmed yesterday afternoon, in the last hour the country’s ministry of health has announced that eleven new cases have today been found. This brings [Read More]
Africa Renewal: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 April 2020: Considerable effort is going into fighting COVID-19 in Africa and worldwide. WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr. Matshidiso Moeti spoke with Africa Renewal about applying lessons learned from the continent’s Ebola virus disease response, as well as actions of continental and international solidarity to address the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 April 2020: In the last twenty-four hours, the number of COVID-19 cases has risen in Sierra Leone to fifteen. Two new cases were confirmed yesterday afternoon. Although the rate of increase remains consistently low since the first case was reported over three weeks ago, what is [Read More]
Abraham John: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 April 2020: Sierra Leone’s Public Health Ordinance Act of 1960 undoubtedly is on the list of obsolete laws that require wholesale review or rigorous amendment. The context in which the law was passed 60 years ago (before Sierra Leone attained Independence) is arguably not [Read More]
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