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Dear Esteemed Readers You recall my last post on the new COVID-19 variant (OMICRON). First detected in South Africa and later reported to WHO on November 24, similar discoveries have been made in countries such as Botswana, Israel, Britain, Netherlands,...

19th October 2021: Today at the Bank Complex in Freetown, the National COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) held its 4th Media/Civil Society Organization dialogue. The dialogue is a key hallmark of NaCOVERC’s transparency and accountability drive to sustain the gains...

COVID-19 Update27th September 20210 New Cases6393 Cumulative Confirmed CasesFor more details please check the NACOVERC daily press statement *NaCOVERC MEDIA UPDATE27th SEPTEMBER 2021*MRU NEW CONFIRMED CASESSIERRA LEONE = 0GUINEA = 14LIBERIA = 0IVORY COAST = 101TOTAL = 115CUMULATIVE DEATHSSIERRA LEONE...

On September 13, Ambassador David Reimer handed over 113,490 Pfizer vaccines on behalf of the U.S. Government to the Government of Sierra Leone to help the fight against COVID-19. This is in addition to the 151,200 Johnson & Johnson...

COVID-19 Update12th September 20214 New Cases6385 Cumulative Confirmed CasesFor more details please check the NACOVERC daily press statement *NaCOVERC MEDIA UPDATE12th SEPTEMBER 2021*MRU NEW CONFIRMED CASESSIERRA LEONE = 4GUINEA = 14LIBERIA = 0IVORY COAST = 186TOTAL = 204CUMULATIVE DEATHSSIERRA LEONE...

COVID-19 Update10th September 20211 New Cases6379 Cumulative Confirmed CasesFor more details please check the NACOVERC daily press statement *NaCOVERC MEDIA UPDATE10th SEPTEMBER 2021*MRU NEW CONFIRMED CASESSIERRA LEONE = 1GUINEA = 35LIBERIA = 0IVORY COAST = 131TOTAL = 167CUMULATIVE DEATHSSIERRA LEONE...

The United States Government, in correlation with its global vaccine-sharing strategy, has on Wednesday, 8th September 2021 donated 151,200 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to the Government of Sierra Leone through the COVAX Facility.The gesture will...

COVID-19 Update5th September 20212 New Cases6374 Cumulative Confirmed CasesFor more details please check the NACOVERC daily press statement *NaCOVERC MEDIA UPDATE5th SEPTEMBER 2021*MRU NEW CONFIRMED CASESSIERRA LEONE = 2GUINEA = 100LIBERIA = 0IVORY COAST = 127TOTAL = 229CUMULATIVE DEATHSSIERRA LEONE...