Tag: Covid-19
The pandemic is over! – big news from WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the Covid-19 pandemic over as a global health emergency. This declaration comes three years after the pandemic sent the world on total lockdown and has ...Majority of Sierra Leoneans say government managed COVID-19 better than Ebola – Afrobarometer
A recent Afrobarometer survey has shown that the majority of Sierra Leoneans say the government managed the COVID-19 pandemic better than the Ebola epidemic in 2014. The survey states that three-quarters of ...South Africa to donate Covid-19 vaccines to Sierra Leone and Liberia
South Africa’s Deputy Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms. Candith Mashigo-Dlamini, will travel to Sierra Leone and Liberia from September 26 – 30, 2022 to donate the Covid-19 ...Solar Energy Startup Founded by Sierra Leonean Woman Wins Covid-19 Relief Grant
In 2020, the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic left businesses of all shapes and sizes that rely on the free passage of goods and people reeling from its impacts. Restrictions of movement ...Covid-19 update: Sierra Leone record its first case of the Omicron Variant
Sierra Leone has on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, confirmed its first case of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 pandemic. This comes two weeks after the variant was first reported to the ...Sierra Leone lifts its nationwide curfew as the country’s Covid-19 cases decrease
The National Covid-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) in Sierra Leone has today, September 13, 2021, announced the lifting of the country’s 11:00 p.m to 5:00 a.m nationwide curfew with immediate effect. This ...Sierra Leone: Schools reopen today for the start of the 2021/2022 academic year amidst the ...
Today, Monday, September 6, 2021, pre-primary, primary, junior secondary and senior secondary schools in Sierra Leone reopens for the start of the 2021/2022 academic year. Hundreds of pupils are returning to the ...US Government provides USD 1 million as urgent Covid-19 assistance to Sierra Leone
The US Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has on Saturday, August 21, 2021, announced that it will provide the sum of USD one million as urgent assistance ...Introducing the #African Experts Podcast – Public Health: Covid-19 Response & Vaccine Rollout with Nana ...
Today is the official launch of the “African Experts Podcast”, an online talk show that features Sierra Leonean journalist Vickie Remoe in conversation with researchers, practitioners, innovators, and entrepreneurs across the African ...
