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Sierra Leone’s Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh paid a visit to one of the country’s key Mpox treatment centres located at the Police Training School in Hastings, Western Rural District.
During the visit, the Vice President commended health officials and staff for the progress made in managing the outbreak.
Jalloh expressed satisfaction with the level of care being provided and the encouraging recovery rates despite the continued emergence of new cases in the Western Area and other parts of the country.
“In the past few days, we have recorded approximately 1,630 recoveries. Specifically, at the Hastings facility, we have achieved 18 recoveries,” he said.
The Vice President’s visit underscores the government’s continued commitment to monitoring and supporting the national response to the Mpox outbreak.
Sierra Leone recorded their first MPOX case in January this year. However, the country has been recording a significant number of cases in the past weeks. Currently, over 3,000 of the population have been affected by the virus, posing fear among locals, especially in the populous Western Area which is now the epicentre of the outbreak.
In a bid to curtail the spread of the virus, Sierra Leone initiated a vaccination of health workers and other first responders in April this year. Experts, however, warn that the government should roll out vaccination of the entire population to stop the spread of the virus.
