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Curfew in Sierra Leone town after rioting, shooting over Ebola case

YoopyaOct 22, 2014July 15, 20230

FREETOWN (Reuters) – Authorities in Sierra Leone imposed a curfew in the eastern town of Koidu on Tuesday after a dispute between youth and police

WHO revises Ebola death toll down by 14 to 3,865

YoopyaOct 10, 2014July 15, 20230

GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization adjusted its number on Thursday for the total death toll in the West African Ebola outbreak, revising down

Volunteers carry bodies in a centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres for Ebola patients in Kailahun

YoopyaOct 9, 2014July 15, 20230

GENEVA (Reuters) – The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed 3,879 people out of 8,033 cases by the end of Oct. 5, with no

Sierra Leone records 121 Ebola deaths in a single day

YoopyaOct 6, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – Sierra Leone recorded 121 deaths from Ebola and scores of new infections in one of the single deadliest days since the disease appeared

Ebola death toll rises to 3,439: WHO

YoopyaOct 5, 2014September 7, 20230

GENEVA (Reuters) – The world’s worst Ebola outbreak on record has now killed 3,439 people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. There had

Ebola toll nears 3,000 as medics face bed shortage, resistance

YoopyaSep 25, 2014July 15, 20230

GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 2,917 people have died of Ebola out of 6,263 cases in the five West African countries affected by the disease,

Sierra Leone To Cordon Off 3 Areas To Stop Ebola

YoopyaSep 25, 2014July 15, 20230

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s government says a nationwide lockdown revealed that an Ebola outbreak is worse than thought and ordered three more

Sierra Leone wraps up three-day Ebola lockdown

YoopyaSep 22, 2014July 16, 20230

By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leoneans on Sunday celebrated the end of a three-day lockdown aimed at stemming the world’s worst ever Ebola

Sierra Leone capital at standstill as Ebola lockdown begins

YoopyaSep 19, 2014July 29, 20230

By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone began a three-day lockdown on Friday in an effort to halt the spread of the Ebola virus,

Ebola cases may be kept within tens of thousands, WHO says

YoopyaSep 17, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The unprecedented Ebola outbreak in West Africa requires a $1 billion response to keep its spread within the tens of thousands of cases,