Yesterday’s high-level Ebola conference in Brussels talked a lot about the need to get to zero cases and move toward recovery in three of the most affected countries in West Africa. National development plans were presented, and pledges of support were made.
But on the same day, 17 new cases were confirmed in Sierra Leone, according to the latest report by the National Ebola Response Center, raising the total to more than 8,000. The country’s vice president has been put into quarantine after one of his security personnel died of the virus.
“The number of new cases in Sierra Leone is still a cause for alarm, and the coming weeks are going to be crucial,” Dana Krause, Medecins Sans Frontieres emergency coordinator in Sierra Leone, said in an update.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.