Sierra Leone: CoronaVirus Meter

Doctors who survived Sierra Leone’s ebola epidemic confront coronavirus

6d | The Times

Like the scarred veterans of a far-flung and terrible campaign, they describe memories of smothering heat, deep-core ...

COVID-19 could have disastrous implications for 12 million breastfeeding women and their babies in high risk countries, warns CARE International

34m | ReliefWeb

English News and Press Release on Somalia and 8 other countries about Food and Nutrition, Health, Children, Women, Epidemic ...

Sierra Leone agree to conclude Premier League amid Covid-19 pandemic

13d | Sporting News on MSN.com

The West African nation has given conditions for the return of their Premier League after agreeing that it will be completed ...

Sierra Leone Police Arrest Five Expatriate Staff of SL Mining

10d | U.S. News & World Report

The arrests come amid a dispute between SL Mining and the Sierra Leonean government over royalty payments at the Marampa iron ...

Learning about reporting in a public health emergency from Sierra Leone's Ebola outbreak

6d | Medical Xpress

In public health emergencies—including the current COVID-19 pandemic—local media are important sources of information for the ...

Lessons from Sierra Leone's Ebola pandemic on the impact of school closures on girls

8d | Phys.org

Policymakers globally have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with tough measures. As a result of the risk and uncertainty ...

Traditional healers help doctors reach patients in Sierra Leone

8d Opinion | Al Jazeera English

In a country where most people visit healers, some are stepping in to bridge the trust gap between the old and the new.

Strengthening Africa’s ability to ‘decode’ the coronavirus

3h | Devex

Genome sequencing, used as a technique to track mutations in the coronavirus, can help to ensure that vaccines, drugs, or ...

What’s Driving The COVID-19 Blame Game? Anxiety And Confusion About Wet Markets, China⁠— And The Entire Global Economy

2h | Health Affairs

Accusations of China’s selfishness are particularly heightened right now; as China reopens wet markets, the US is still ...

Sierra Leone coronavirus: Record 100 new cases, tally now at 721

3d | Africanews

Record one-day infection . Sierra Leone today recorded 100 new infections of COCID-19. A record number over 24-hours and more ...

VIRUS DIARY: Facing the coronavirus, still haunted by Ebola

6d | YAHOO!

We don’t talk much about her early life in Sierra Leone, when 3,956 people died during the Ebola epidemic from 2014 to 2016.

Traditional healers help doctors reach patients in Sierra Leone

8d Opinion | Al Jazeera English

In a country where most people visit healers, some are stepping in to bridge the trust gap between the old and the new.

Strengthening Africa’s ability to ‘decode’ the coronavirus

3h | Devex

Genome sequencing, used as a technique to track mutations in the coronavirus, can help to ensure that vaccines, drugs, or ...

What’s Driving The COVID-19 Blame Game? Anxiety And Confusion About Wet Markets, China⁠— And The Entire Global Economy

2h | Health Affairs

Accusations of China’s selfishness are particularly heightened right now; as China reopens wet markets, the US is still ...

African solutions to the coronavirus crisis

5d | YAHOO!

The African continent hasn't been as badly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic as other countries in the world so far, but ...

Number of COVID-19 cases in Sierra Leone tops 500

10d | China Internet Information Center

Sierra Leone recorded 43 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the number of infections to 505 in the country, local health authorities said. The West African country has recorded 141 recoveries, ...

Sierra Leone coronavirus: Record 100 new cases, tally now at 721

3d | Africanews

Record one-day infection . Sierra Leone today recorded 100 new infections of COCID-19. A record number over 24-hours and more ...

How countries are using genomics to help avoid a second coronavirus wave

14h | Nature

Scientists in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and other places are using sequence data to track new infections as lockdowns ...

Sharing a Coronavirus Vaccine Isn't a Matter of Altruism—it's in Every Country's Best Interest | Opinion

5d Opinion | Newsweek

Securing a vaccine for the world is not just a matter of altruism: it is in every country's best interest to work together.

OPINION: Stopping land and policy grabs in the shadow of COVID-19

18h Opinion | Thomson Reuters Foundation

Elites and corporations appear to be using the pandemic as a cover to seize land and push through contested developments ...

OPINION: Stopping land and policy grabs in the shadow of COVID-19

18h Opinion | Thomson Reuters Foundation

Elites and corporations appear to be using the pandemic as a cover to seize land and push through contested developments ...

A virus-hunter fell prey to a coronavirus he underestimated

1d | Boston.com

"My mistake was to think it was like SARS, which was pretty limited in scope. Or that it was like influenza. But it’s neither ...

Immediate Covid-19 support to partners

1d | ReliefWeb

English News and Press Release on World and 19 other countries about Health, Protection and Human Rights, Children, IDPs, ...

FACTBOX-Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 5.7 million, death toll tops 354,900

5h | Thomson Reuters Foundation

More than 5.71 million people have been reported infected with the novel coronavirus globally and 354,909 have died, a Reuters tally shows. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and ...

Cuba Has Sent 2,000 Doctors and Nurses Overseas to Fight Covid-19

5d | The Nation

The Trump administration describes Cuba’s medical response teams as “slaves”—we asked the doctors for their take.

Donors are ignoring hygiene in the fight against COVID-19

3d | Devex

Only a handful of donor commitments have addressed sanitation and hygiene issues so far, according to WaterAid, while a draft ...

India Joins 62 Nations at WHO Meet to Back EU Draft Resolution on COVID-19 Origin

10d | India.com

India is among the 62 countries that called for impartial, independent and comprehensive probe into the coronavirus crisis around the world.

Keeping essential medical services running during the COVID-19 pandemic

5d | ReliefWeb

Faced with unprecedented challenges, our teams—like health care workers everywhere—have had to quickly adapt to the new realities of a world changed by COVID-19 at a time when lockdowns and travel ...

Contact tracing for COVID-19 will be the most complex health investigation ever

3d | National Geographic news

To halt the spread of the deadly virus, health experts say states need to hire contact tracers to quickly hunt down everyone ...

Lessons From Sierra Leone's Ebola Pandemic On the Impact of School Closures On Girls [analysis]

8d | allAfrica.com on MSN.com

Policymakers globally have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with tough measures. As a result of the risk and uncertainty caused by the virus, economic activity has contracted, hitting firms and ...