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National Ebola Response Centre
Evening Brief
23/03/2015
www.nerc.sl
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Actions
‘EVD Events’ Updates
Regular Presentation – Burials
Media and Communications
Actions and Directions
EVD Events Update
UPDATE
EVD EVENT
AS AT: 23/03/15
Koinadugu
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Contact tracers have come up with 11 households with total of 67 people
Nobody has been symptomatic so far
Community engagement is ongoing
DERC is planning surge at Ferekoro and its surrounding villages
WHO/Partners still carrying out investigation on the cause of the first case
Kumala
DERC plans / Requests
• DERC requests motor bikes and
vehicles
• Needs additional contact tracers
and surveillance officers
• Financial details to be provided
after consultation with partners.
UPDATE
EVD EVENT
AS AT: 23/03/15
Moyamba
• 16 people quarantined and no symptoms as of date
DERC plans:
• Engage epidemiologists to support with targeted case investigation, active
case searching by epidemiologists, sensitisation of health workers.
• Continuous social mobilization and psycho-social activities in the chiefdom.
• Engagement of community through working through influential people – eg,
Speaker, Paramount Chief, Youths, Bike Riders, Motor Drivers
DERC requests
Ribbi
DERC has requested support with
vehicles, security / border personnel,
funding for fuel and DSA and top up
credit.
District support desk is working
through the requests
Safe, Dignified and
Medical Burial Pillar
Presentation
Presented by Mr Abu Bakar Thorodor Jalloh
Content
• Pillar Update
• National Burial Statistics
• Concerns , Constraints and Recommendation
Pillar Update
• The transfer of all burials to waterloo cemetery
• A week long search for burial space in the Western
area Urban as Kingtom Cemetery reaches its full
capacity.
• Any burial that is likely to be conducted outside the
SoP will not have the support of the burial pillar
and that their respective burial teams will not
participate at any level in the activity.
National Burial Statistics
Sat 14th – Fri 20th March
Red Cross
District
Concern
Worldwide /
MoHS
IRC
World Vision
CRS / MoHS
CAFOD / MoHS
GRAND TOTAL
# of # of Cumulati # of # of Cumulati # of # of cumulati # of # of Cumulati # of # of Cumulati # of # of Cumulati # of # of Cumulati
teams burials ve totals teams burials ve totals teams burials ve total teams burials ve totals teams burials ve totals teams burials ve totals teams burials ve totals
Bo
4
80 1451
6
62 1028
Bombali
4
40
816
Bonthe
3
18
261
Kailahun
3
29 1027
Kambia
2
10
108
Kenema
3
18
661
Koinadugu
2
7
135
Kono
5
29
337
5
57
Mayamba
2
23
197
6
Port Loko
5
20
711
Pujehun
2
27
330
2
14
Tonkolili
Western Area
Rural
Western Area
Urban
Total:
4
28
292
4
6
50 1147
1
16
9
84 2277
9
172 3428
10 142 2479
6
4
10
46 1363
7
37
3
29 1027
8
58
437
3
18
661
7
12
300
883
10
86 1220
83 1101
8
106 1298
14
29 1336
401
4
41
77 1057
8
105 1349
7
66 1523
19
102 547
363
6
12
66
48
179
5
9
37
165
143 625
376
54 463 9750 10 188 3804
329
624
731
18 256 5705
179
27 312 4833 20 282 1337
6
48
329 117 1031 20053
Concerns , Constraints and
Recommendations
• The pillar members also agreed that their teams
will not be involved in any political or politically
motivated burial. They therefore suggested that the
security forces police and military personnel alike
be trained as standby teams to undertake SDB
activities in such burials.
• Full implementation of the SoP as private burials
continued in especially hard to access areas in the
provinces and even in the Western Area
• Corpses shipped in from the diaspora requesting
private burial for their loved ones.
Media and Communications
Local Media Print
• President Koroma launches National ‘Zero Ebola’ Campaign (New Vision)
• President Koroma Declares Six Days Lockdown (Premier Media)
• Another Lockdown Begins Friday in Western Area, Port Loko, & Bombali (Premier
Media)
• Lockdown to Hit 2.5 Million People
• ‘Ebola Proof’ Tablet Device Developed – A Tablet device that can be
decontaminated with Chlorine for use by HCW in red zones.
• I survived Ebola Campaign Expands to sierra Leone
Media and Communications
International Media
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Complacency behind
Liberia Ebola Relapse
(Front Page Africa)
The world has eased up
too soon on the battle
with the virus, says Professor
Piot
(The Independent)
Sierra Leone hunts infected
as Ebola crisis hits 'turning
point‘ (News 24)
Liberians overcome Ebola
fear to volunteer for vaccine
Trial (CTV News)
Guinea and Sierra Leone tried
to cover up Ebola crisis, says
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF
Lessons Learned report)
Media and Communications
Social Media
• Guinea and Sierra Leone tried to cover up Ebola crisis, says Medecins Sans
Frontieres – ( FB quote from Telegraph)
• 3
‪ -day Ebola‪lockdown has exempted hours of the Muslim Friday prayers.
Earlier Sunday church services were exempted. Effectively this has whittled
down the stay-at-home to Saturday only.
Media and Communications
Electronic Media Appearances Friday 20 – Mon. 23 March
Pillar Lead Sidi Yahya Tunis - AI Radio Fri. 7:00am-8:00am, Sat. 9:00am
11:00am SLBC TV Sat. 4:00pm-5:00pm, IRN Sun. 8:00pm-9:00pm, Mon. SKYY
Radio
7:00am-8:00am, BBN Radio 9:00am-10:00am.
OB Sisay Fri. 7:00pm-8:00pm
CEO Mon. Radio Democracy 98.1 7:30am-9:00am
Next 72 Hours
• SLAJ Simulcast 8:00pm – 9:00pm daily
• SMAC interviews on FM 98.1 every afternoon
• Pillar Lead Sidy Tunis SLBC TV Mon. 4:00pm – 6:00pm, IRN Mon. Mon.
8:pm – 9:00pm
Looking forward to Tuesday Brief
MONDAY
Burials
TUESDAY
CJIATF
Labs
WEDNESDAY
UNMEER
Soc Mob
THURSDAY
i-PACT
FRIDAY
Surveillance
SATURDAY
Logistics
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