June 23: Lockdown restrictions eased
President Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday announced a raft of measures aimed at further relaxing coronavirus restrictions across the West African nation. The key takeaway being the adjusting of a curfew duration and the lifting of inter-district travel.
“Effective immediately, the curfew is adjusted to the period 11pm to 6am. I announce a lifting of the ban on Inter-District travel starting on Wednesday, 24th June 2020.
“Once all measures are in place, commercial flights will resume in the very short run,” the president said in a Twitter post.
#SierraLeone’s president PresidentBio has eased some of the #Covid19 restrictions. The ban on inter-district movement is lifted from tomorrow. The 9pm – 6am curfew now starts 11pm. But churches & mosques remain closed. He admitted they could’ve better responded to the pandemic— Umaru Fofana (@UmaruFofana) June 23, 2020
On the country’s fight against COVID-19, the president said: “...we have had high recovery and discharge rates, lower infection rates, and proportionally lower death rates three months on. This is because we have got a lot of things right over those three months.”
The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary School, in consultation with stakeholders, has developed comprehensive health and safety guidelines for teachers, pupils, and communities for the purpose of providing safe environment for students who are taking public examinations, the president added.
Confirmed cases = 1,340
Active cases = 497
Recoveries = 788
Number of deaths = 55
John Hopkins Uni stats valid as of June 22, 2020
June 1: Compulsory wearing of face masks kicks off
The wearing of face masks in public has been made compulsory in Sierra Leone effective today (June 1). The move is part of COVID-19 containment measures ordered by government.
On the case load front, as of close of day May 31, the total confirmed cases stood at 861 out of which 454 had recovered and been discharged from treatment centers. The death tool was at 46 with 361 active cases.
On the last day of May, a single-digit new case tally of nine was recorded, for the first time in almost three weeks.
In an address to parliament on May 28, President Julius Maada Bio announced a raft of measures the government was taking to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
“In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, my Government rapidly activated all Emergency Operations Centre pillars. We have instituted international best practices in contact tracing and surveillance,” he told lawmakers.
I am pleased to announce to this House that Cabinet has approved $19.8 Million for the construction of a National Diagnostic and Radiotherapy Cancer Treatment Centre with modern facilities. pic.twitter.com/MoUX6Sb3H0— President Julius Maada Bio (@PresidentBio) May 28, 2020
May 24: Record one-day infection
Sierra Leone today recorded 100 new infections of COVID-19. A record number over 24-hours and more than double its highest daily jump since the index case was confirmed in the count
