Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 April 2020: Sierra Leone has today recorded 8 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 43, after six people who successfully completed their treatment at the military hospital in Freetown, were declared free of the virus and discharged yesterday. There are 37 confirmed cases in [Read More]

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]

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]