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EBOLA Fascinating new Eola case in Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone prone to fresh Ebola wave
Saturday 14 Feb 2015 8:57 a.m.
Sierra Leone has placed hundreds of homes in the capital under Ebola quarantine, in a huge blow to its recovery less than a month after lifting travel restrictions.
"Some 700 homes have been quarantined for 21 days in the tourism and fishing community of Aberdeen in the west of the capital Freetown, after the death of a fisherman who was later diagnosed Ebola positive," said Obi Sesay of the government's National Ebola Response Centre yesterday (local time).
The west African nation of six million had seen almost 11,000 cases and 3363 deaths during the epidemic which has raged in west Africa for more than a year.
This new struggle with the disease comes less than a month after President Ernest Bai Koroma pointed to a "steady downward trend" in new cases and lifted countrywide quarantines and travel bans.
When ending the measures, which impacted half the population, on January 23 the president said "victory is in sight".

But optimism that the worst was over gave way to renewed concern on Wednesday as the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported the number of new confirmed cases rising across Sierra Leone and Guinea for the second week running.
Transmission remains "widespread" in Sierra Leone, which reported 76 new confirmed cases in the week to February 8, according to the WHO.
"Twenty or more confirmed cases have been discovered in the last few days and we have opened a control centre to deal with the crisis," Sesay told reporters.
"We are on top of the situation and people should not panic."
Sesay said the Aberdeen area, which includes the popular Lumley Beach tourist resort, had been "flooded" with surveillance officers and contact tracers to ensure the death didn't turn into a serious outbreak.
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Sierra Leone prone to fresh Ebola wave
Saturday 14 Feb 2015 8:57 a.m.
Sierra Leone has placed hundreds of homes in the capital under Ebola quarantine, in a huge blow to its recovery less than a month after lifting travel restrictions.
"Some 700 homes have been quarantined for 21 days in the tourism and fishing community of Aberdeen in the west of the capital Freetown, after the death of a fisherman who was later diagnosed Ebola positive," said Obi Sesay of the government's National Ebola Response Centre yesterday (local time).
The west African nation of six million had seen almost 11,000 cases and 3363 deaths during the epidemic which has raged in west Africa for more than a year.
This new struggle with the disease comes less than a month after President Ernest Bai Koroma pointed to a "steady downward trend" in new cases and lifted countrywide quarantines and travel bans.
When ending the measures, which impacted half the population, on January 23 the president said "victory is in sight".

But optimism that the worst was over gave way to renewed concern on Wednesday as the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported the number of new confirmed cases rising across Sierra Leone and Guinea for the second week running.
Transmission remains "widespread" in Sierra Leone, which reported 76 new confirmed cases in the week to February 8, according to the WHO.
"Twenty or more confirmed cases have been discovered in the last few days and we have opened a control centre to deal with the crisis," Sesay told reporters.
"We are on top of the situation and people should not panic."
Sesay said the Aberdeen area, which includes the popular Lumley Beach tourist resort, had been "flooded" with surveillance officers and contact tracers to ensure the death didn't turn into a serious outbreak.
AFP
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This from TV 3 website(New Zealand).
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Lol. No. But my fear is given the migrants trying to make it to Italy from West Africa In cramped fishing boats, may be the way a serious outbreak could occur in Europe. After all...it would only take one infected body to be pulled from the ocean and.......well use your imagination.
Several months ago, I was very concerned about that too. But, if it was going to spread among Europeans, seems like it would have happened by now. I think the customs are just too different.
As far as Africa goes... I would like to pretend I am the sort of person who cares. Hard to care. After the BS with that guy who flew over (can't even remember his name) who was married to Louise Trough (spell) and they sued, I am completely DONE with any sympathy for any of them.
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