Jeanne Kamara, Christian Aid’s Country Manager for Sierra Leone, told Premier’s News Hour: “Slightly relieved, but still not complacent, but quite pleased that there’s a few progress and we seem to be moving things along in the right direction”.
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A statement by the Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), Dr. Queeneth Kalu, on behalf of the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Thomas Agan, said: “On Wednesday, 7th of October, we managed a patient who presented with symptoms mimicking viral hemorrhagic fever”.
New cases of Ebola have dwindled sharply this year but the World Health Organization said there was still a risk of the disease breaking out again.
“Sierra Leone has seen no new cases in three weeks”. The last known Ebola patient in the country was released on September 28th. Liberia is doing even better. Regarding Liberia, for the second time it was declared free from the Ebola epidemic.
The committee noted the enhanced Ebola control measures being implemented in each country and reaffirmed the importance of community outreach, social mobilization, and other best practices.
Sierra Leone has had no confirmed cases for the third week in a row and all contacts linked to two recent cases have been followed up for the required 21 days.
While no cases have been reported in a week for the first time since the latest outbreak, but hundreds continue to suffer still from the epidemic. There are such people in Sierra Leone as well.
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In addition, health workers have been unable to locate several people who pose a high risk because they had been in close contact with sick people.
