Sierra Leone - New suspected Ebola case reported - a health care worker - reported negative

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New Ebola Case Reported in Sierra Leone
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On February 14, Guinea reported 7 suspected cases of Ebola in the southeast of the country, in an area close to the C?te d’Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone borders creating fears that it could spread wider across the region, with early reports of a new case already in Sierra Leone.

The first reported case was of a female health worker. This marks the first time the disease has been reported in the country since the end of the devastating West Africa Ebola outbreak in 2016 that left over 11,000 people dead....:tiphat:https://www.care.org/news-and-storie...-sierra-leone/

 

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Pujehun Health Management Team Reports a Suspected Ebola Case
written by Mohamed Gandoh Jalloh February 16, 2021 87 views

The Pujehun Districts Health Management Team has on Monday, 15th February reported a suspected Ebola (EVD) case at the 14 Battalion clinic. The suspected case according to the investigations by the Rapid Response Team (RRT) says that a 55 years old military man attached to the 14 Battalion, Pujehun District was admitted at the military barracks clinic on the 15th of February after two days of fever, anorexia, vomiting, diarrhoea, malaise, and hematemesis.

Further investigation revealed that the suspected case has no history of travelling outside the country. However, he visited Freetown on the 1st of February till the 9th of February and also attended a fortieth-day ceremony of a friend whilst in Freetown. The suspected case is in isolation and receiving treatment, his samples have been collected for testing at the Kenema Laboratory.

:tiphat:Read more at: https://www.switsalone.com/38467_pujehun-health-management-team-reports-a-suspected-ebola-case/

 

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