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Ebola Cases Dwindle in Port Loko

7 December 2014 at 05:36 | 848 views

By Septimus Kanu, Freetown.

The Chief Executive officer of the National Ebola Response Centre Major (Rtd) Alfred Paolo Conteh (photo) has commended the Hon. Minister of Information and Communications Alhaji Alpha Bakarr Sahid Kanu, and other stakeholders in Port Loko for their zest in the fight against the Ebola virus.

The CEO made the commendation on the popular Good Morning Salone program on 98.1FM while updating listeners on the current status in the fight against the dreadful Ebola virus.

"Yes, it is true that the update we are getting from Port Loko is very much encouraging. For that I think the people of Port Loko need to be commended. We use to get high figureS from that part of the country, but the figures seem to be dwindling. That I think is encouraging for all of us."

He said the stakeholders in the Ebola fight in that part of the country have shown fortitude and sincerity in the fight against the disease. He appealed to the stakeholders to keep the fire burning and for them to continue doing the good work. He also implored stakeholders in other places to do same so as to get rid of the deadly virus that has almost brought everything to a standstill in the country.

The success of the stakeholders, he said, is not unconnected with the fact that the district has made tremendous improvement in teams of the number of available treatment centres which he said has obviously helped in getting sick people out of the communities to the treatment centres as early as possible.

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