S Leone to get $80m for Ebola fight

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The World Bank Group (WBG) announced today that it would provide at least US$650 million during the next 12 to 18 months to help Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone recover from the devastating social and economic impact of the Ebola crisis and advance their longer-term development needs. The new WBG pledge brings the organization’s total financing for Ebola response and recovery efforts to date to US$1.62 billion.

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Sierra Leone is due to mount house-to-house searches in the capital Freetown to find hidden cases of Ebola, and restricts shop opening hours.

Serikali ya Tanzania imepeleka wataalam wa afya nchini Sierra Leone na Liberia kwa ajili ya kuongeza nguvu vita dhidi ya Ebola.

AMRI ya kutotoka nje iliyowekwa nchini Sierra Leone ya siku tatu kwa ajili ya kudhibiti maambukizi ya ugonjwa wa ebola, imeonekana kufanikiwa.

For the first time since the Ebola outbreak was declared in Sierra Leone, the country has recorded zero new infections.

A woman who died on Saturday in northern Sierra Leone has tested positive for Ebola, officials have confirmed.

Sierra Leone releases its last known Ebola patient, according to the World Health Organization.

>When Loveness Isojick made the decision to go to West Africa as an aid worker in the Ebola-ravaged countries, it was a love and scare story, so to speak.