| By Awareness Times Jun 6, 2014, 17:16 |
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According
to our competent sources, “at least two dozen” residents of Kailahun
are now confirmed to be Ebola positive with number of suspect cases
rising to one hundred or more. This prompts main opposition Sierra Leone
Peoples Party (SLPP) to issue a clarion call that Ebola is not a myth
but a reality. In release signed by its scribe Sulaiman Tejan-Sie, the
party calls on its membership to work with the Government and Health
Ministry to combat Ebola scourge that is known to be killing Kailahun
residents.
The release also follows a call made last week by the SLPP leader in Parliament, Hon. Dr. Bernadette Lahai, for a multi-party approach in combating the disease. Hon. Lahai's call had been followed by a similar call in a well-written release issued from UK by defeated SLPP presidential candidate Julius Maada Bio.
Meanwhile, as of Wednesday June 4th 2014, Health Ministry Ebola Update informs that the total number of their suspected cases tested was 71 of which 24 Kailahun residents are all confirmed as sick from Ebola.
The
Health Ministry describes a suspected case as one which has symptoms of
Ebola disease and for which body samples are collected to be tested in a
laboratory to ascertain if the patient is positive or negative.
However, a confirmed case is one whose sample is confirmed through a laboratory test to be positive for the Ebola Virus.
Confirmed
cases are isolated at treatment centers for better care while negative
suspected cases are to be discharged and allowed to go back home. http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200525530.shtml
