MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION

Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)

PRESS RELEASE

EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---August 28, 2014

 NEW CASES

 Total Survived and Released Patients = 244  New Confirmed cases =[ 27, as follows: Kailahun = 8, Kenema = 4, Kono = 0 Bombali = 3, Kambia = 0 Koinadugu = 0, Port Loko = 0, Tonkolili = 1 Bo = 0, = 0, = 0, Pujehun = 0 Western Area Urban = 3, Western Area Rural = 8

 CUMULATIVE CASES

 Cumulative confirmed deaths = 372  Cumulative confirmed cases = 988, as follows: Kailahun = 448, Kenema = 332, Kono =1 Bombali =23, Kambia =1, Koinadugu =0, Port Loko =57, Tonkolili = 14 Bo = 35, Bonthe = 1, Moyamba = 9, Pujehun = 7 Western Urban = 37, Western Rural = 23  Probable cases = 37  Probable deaths = 37  Suspected cases = 62  Suspected deaths = 11

IMPORTANT NOTE!

Koinadugu still remains the only district that has not registered confirmed cases of Ebola in

 DONATIONS: Financial Donations to the Government of Sierra Leone for the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak received so far by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation either directly or through the Office of the President

Institution /Individuals Amount(Leones) Amount($) Airtel 170,000,000 Mercury International 100,000,000 Tonkolili Iron Ore (SL) LTD 21,500,000 Sierra Leone Roads Transport Authority 100,000,000 Cabinet Ministers 308,872,271 Unknown (cash payment during Airtel Fund Raiser) 250,000 Unknown(paid directly into the bank account 53,850,000 Unknown (paid directly into the bank account) 60,000,000 National Petroleum (NP) SL LTD 110,000,000 Association of SL Commercial Banks 150,000,000 Balani & Sons 50,000,000 Capitol Radio 9,000,000 Bockarie Stevens 24,000,000 Zain 50,000,000 IPAS 43,500,000 Transnational SL Ltd 45,000,000 Sheku Kamara 2,000,000 Unknown (paid directly into the bank account) 100,000,000 Franklyn Rogers 500,000 Angoleo Nurses 21,000,000 Family Kingdom 4,500,000 National Tourist Board 39,750,000 National Tourist Board 2,000,000 NASSIT 100,000,000 Wusum Hotel 3,000,000

Kimbima Hotel Extension Rehab 2,500,000 Chicken Land 250,000

Hotel Food and Drinks 500,000 Dinner Club Ltd 50,000,000 Bo Teltac 500,000,000 University of Sierra Leone 50,000,000 Paladio Disco Restaurant 2,500,000 Sierra Leone Bar Association 100,000,000 Mercury Operations 250,000,000 Fawaz Building Materials 50,000,000

Munazamat Al-Dawa Al Islamia 25,000,000 India Merchantile 150,000,000 RMFA 100,000,000 Koidu Holdings Ldt 220,000,000

Kingho Investment company Ltd 400,000,000 World Vision 300,000,000 GGEM Services 200,000 Milton Margai College 20,000,000 Benco Trading Co Ltd 50,000,000 Mantrac 20,000,000 IAMTECH 25,000,000 Ibrahim Moshen & Sons 25,000,000 Balanta Academy 800,000 Advocacy Movement 200,000 Amieh H. Kabia 100,000 Global Trading Group 25,000,000 Fawaz Building Materials 20,000,000 Allies Jewelery 6,000,000 ALZ Building Materials St 10,000,000 M A Reda & SL Ltd 5,000,000 Gen Import Trading 50,000,000 Shawke Shaw 5,000,000 Samir Hassanyeh 5,000,000 Mustapha Abu Tarraf 10,000,000 Gen Import Trading 50,000,000 Vinod Khatumal 100,000,000 Womens Network 200,000 Milton Margai College 5,000,000 Sierra Leone Insurance 82,000,000 A A Enterprises 10,000,000 Commodities Trading 100,000,000

Sierra Leone Evironmental Protection Agency 400,000,000

Ghana International Bank PLC 25,000 Justice Salimatu Koroma 10,000,000 Freetown Terminal 50,000,000 Sierra Rutile 1,000,000,000 H M Diamonds 100,000,000 All Peoples Congress Party 50,000,000

Universal Trading and Supplies 200,000,000 Best Food Ltd 46,000,000

D&S Associates Petrol Trading C/O Prosperity Ladies 25,000,000 Sayaba Enterprises. C/O United Council of Imams 20,000,000 Foodland Supermarket 25,000,000 IBIS 40,000,000 EcoBank 225,000,000

Sierra Leone Labour Congress 70,000,000 Cluff Gold SL Ltd 40,000,000

The Tony Elumelu Foundation 100,000

H. E. Shiek Prof. Alhaji A J J Jameh 500,000

Mano River Union Secretariat 33,750,000 Bollore Logistical Services, SL Ltd 30,000,000

 KPMG Chartered Accountants = Audit Services, Ebola Emergency Account. IMPORTANT NOTE:

All Cash Donations are deposited at the Ebola Emergency Account managed by the EOC, and kind donations (Medicines, Equipment, Supplies, etc.) are held at the Government Medical logistics stores, Freetown, by the Ebola Logistics team, for processing, storage and equitable distribution as required throughout the country.

 ISSUED BY:

 The Ebola Viral Situation Report, Ministry of Health and Sanitation

 For more information, please contact:

District level: District Health Management Team National level: Directorate of Disease Prevention and Control, E.mail: [email protected] Website: www.health.gov.sl Mobile: 117 (Toll free)

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