Notice: Embassy of Sierra Leone in the USA

                                                                      

                                                                                                                

                                                                                                       Tel: (202 939 9261/9262/9263

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1701 Nineteenth Street N.W.
Washington D.C 20009

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Ministry of Health and Sanitation Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

Press Release                   10/8/2014

Ebola outbreak update:As of today, 10 August 2014, we have a total of181patients who havesurvived Ebola Virus Disease and subsequently discharged.

Ministry of Health and Sanitation Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Press Release 8/8/2014

Ebola outbreak update:As of today, 8August 2014, we have a total of175patients who havesurvived Ebola Virus Disease and subsequently discharged.

PARLIAMENT RATIFIES STATE OF PUBLIC EMERGENCY

Freetown, 7^th August, 2014 The House of Parliament has today ratified the State of Public Emergency throughout Sierra Leone as declared by H E the President and published in the Sierra Leone Gazette on 31^st

PRESS RELEASE Mission praises Gambia Bird

CEO Gambia Bird, Thomas Wazinski

The High Commissioner, Management and Staff of the Sierra Leone High Commission in the United Kingdom, has on behalf of Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora, the Government and People of Sierra Leone, thanked the management of Gambia Bird for standing by Sierra Leone during what he referred to as ‘this frustrating and difficult period.’

China Kingho Group, Octea and African Minerals donate to help halt Ebola Spread

Companies presenting donations to Pres. Koroma

Representatives of China Kingho Group, Octea and African Minerals have this morning 8th August at State House, presented to President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma donations worth hundreds of millions of Leones.

Ebola Outbreak Declared a Public Health Emergency by WHO

LONDON – The World Health Organization on Friday declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be an international public health emergency that requires an extraordinary response to stop its spread.

EVD Situation Report 7/8/2014 Ministry of Health and Sanitation Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

 Ebola outbreak update:As of today, 7 August 2014, we have a total of163patients who havesurvived Ebola Virus Disease and subsequently discharged.

China Adds Emergency Medical Materials Worth 10 Million Yuan toSupport Sierra Leone in Controlling Ebola

Mr. Xu Zhou, spokesman of the Chinese Embassy announced in Freetown on Thursday, 8th August that China will add a batch of medical materials valued at RMB 10,000,000 Yuan (equally 1,626,000 USD) to support the Government of Sierra Leone in the prevention and control of Ebola.

Le 605 Million Added to Ebola Fund

By State House Communications Unit

As government continues to demonstrate firm commitment towards the eradication of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the sum of Le 605 million cash donations from TELTAC Africa, the local tourism sector and members of the Freetown Dinner Club on Thursday 7th August were presented to President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House.

PRESS RELEASE

IN HIS INITIAL BROADCAST TO THE NATION ON 30^TH JULY 2014 CONCERNING THE EBOLA CRISIS, HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA ANNOUNCED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE TO CHAMPION THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS MEASURES TO FIGHT THE DISEASE.

GAMBIA COUNCIL OF IMAMS PRAY FOR SIERRA LEONE IN THE GAMBIA

“Ebola shall go no further in Sierra Leone” :- Imam Rhatib Khan.

The Council of Imams in The Gambia led by its Supreme Boss, Imam Rhatib Khan and a cross section of Gambian Muslim Jamat this morning Thursday August 7^th offered fervent Muslim prayers against the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone at the Sierra Leone Embassy in Banjul.

Ministry of Health and Sanitation Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Press Release 6/8/2014

Ebola outbreak update: As of today, 6 August 2014, we have a total of161patients who have survived Ebola Virus Disease and subsequently discharged.

ACC SUPPORTS THE FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) wishes to inform the general public that it is very concerned with the spate of the Ebola outbreak and accordingly extend its deepest sympathies and condolences to all bereaved families in Sierra Leone and the West African sub-region.

Prayers against Ebola Intensified in Saudi Arabia

By Ibrahim Sillah

In response to His Excellency, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma's call to the nation to stay home for self-reflection and prayers against the deadly Ebola virus on Monday, August 4^th, 2014, Ambassador Alhaji Mohamed Sillah Kargbo, President Koroma's envoy to Saudi Arabia, called upon his nationals in Riyadh to converge at the Chancery.

ACC SUPPORTS THE FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) wishes to inform the general public that it is very concerned with the spate of the Ebola outbreak and accordingly extend its deepest sympathies and condolences to all bereaved families in Sierra Leone and the West African sub-region.

Bar Association Presents New Executive with Le100 Million to Fight Ebola

By State House Communications Unit

As a form of collective approach in the fight to eradicate the deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD), the Sierra Leone Bar Association on Tuesday 5th August donated the sum of one hundred million Leones (Le100, 000,000) to President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma and also unveiled its newly elected executive at a quiet ceremony at State House.

Press Release 5/8/2014

Ministry of Health and Sanitation

Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

Ebola outbreak update:As of today, 5 August 2014, we have a total of161patients who havesurvived Ebola Virus Disease and subsequently discharged.

President Koroma Inspects Ebola Treatment Facilities

By State House Communications Unit

By way of exerting continuous control measures for the eradication of the deadly Ebola virus in the country, President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma last Saturday 3rd August urged the contractor to fast-track the ongoing work on the Ebola treatment center at Lakka.

President Koroma Urges SLAJ, Inter-Religious Council To Intensify War Against Ebola

By State House Communications Unit

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma last Thursday held wide-ranging discussions with representatives of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) and the Executive Committee of the Inter-Religious Council of Sierra Leone to galvanize support in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the country.