--- title: Ebola Rages in Sierra Leone description: In the last 21 days, Sierra Leone has reported 1,319 new cases of Ebola virus infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. canonical: https://time.com/3628837/ebola-sierra-leone-new-cases/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-10T21:38:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T09:02:16.664Z article:section: Health og:title: Ebola Rages in Sierra Leone og:description: In the last 21 days, Sierra Leone has reported 1,319 new cases of Ebola virus infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. og:url: https://time.com/3628837/ebola-sierra-leone-new-cases/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0994076a16395d7d/69876e298e06012f3145929b/ebola-sierra-leone3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4928 og:image:height: 2772 og:image:alt: An aid worker carries a deceased 7-month old baby from Race Course area, after she died in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Nov. 23, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ebola Rages in Sierra Leone twitter:description: In the last 21 days, Sierra Leone has reported 1,319 new cases of Ebola virus infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0994076a16395d7d/69876e298e06012f3145929b/ebola-sierra-leone3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ebola Rages on in Sierra Leone With Over 1,000 New Cases > Sponsored content. 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The World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of Ebola on Monday, a containment victory in an outbreak that has stymied other countries’ response efforts._ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Dec 10, 2014 9:38 PM UTC Hundreds of doctors, nurses and health workers work every day to treat and contain the outbreak in the hot zone by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Dec 10, 2014 9:38 PM UTC In the last 21 days, Sierra Leone has reported 1,319 new cases of Ebola virus infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) [reports](http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/situation-reports/en/). The country has surpassed Liberia, which has experienced a decrease in cases over the last four weeks with 225 new cases in the last 21 days. Liberia has reported 7,719 cases of the disease so far, and Sierra Leone has reported 7,897\. Sierra Leone is hardest hit in its capital, Freetown, WHO reports. The total case load in West Africa is 17,908 cases and 6,373 deaths. **MORE:** [Ebola Fighters: The Ones Who Answered the Call](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-ebola-fighters/) A total of 639 health-care workers have been infected with Ebola during the current outbreak, and 349 have died. That’s an unprecedented number for a health crisis. “Our team met heroic doctors and nurses at their wits end, exhausted burial teams and lab techs, all doing the best they could but they simply ran out of resources and were overrun with gravely ill people,” said Dr. Olu Olushayo, the WHO National Coordinator of Ebola Epidemic Response in a statement sent to media. Olushayo went into Sierra Leone to assess the spike in cases. TIME named [Ebola Fighters](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-ebola-fighters/) the 2014 Persons of the Year. Read about the courageous men and women fighting the Ebola virus, [here](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-ebola-fighters/). _Read next:_ [_Why Ebola Fighters Are TIME’s Person of the Year 2014_](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-ebola-fighters-choice/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ## Transcript [00:02] Africa's most populous country, Nigeria, is free of [00:05] Ebola after it went 42 straight days with no new cases [00:09] reported. As the epidemic rages out of control in [00:13] neighboring Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, how did [00:16] Nigeria become an Ebola success story? [ MUSIC ] [00:19] Declaring an emergency right away. When Nigeria had [00:23] its first confirmed case of Ebola, the government [00:25] declared a national public health emergency [00:28] immediately. That means that strict procedures for [00:31] treating patients and screening people were quickly [00:34] put into place. For example, local health workers [00:38] paid $ 18, 500 face to face visits to take the [00:43] temperatures of nearly 900 people who had contact [00:46] with Ebola patients. Training local doctors. [00:51] The World Health Organization and Doctors Without [00:54] Borders trained local doctors on how to treat patients [00:57] effectively. But the country posed a unique challenge [01:00] as the number of people living in Lagos is around 21 [01:04] million. That's almost as large as the populations of [01:07] Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone combined. How can [01:10] the disease be contained under such circumstances? [01:13] The answer, high quality contact tracing by [01:16] experienced epidemiologists. With the help of GPS [01:19] systems and daily mapping, government officials [01:22] reached 100 % of known contacts in Lagos and placed [01:26] them in isolation wards. Managing Fear. Nigeria [01:31] used social media and televised campaigns to reach its [01:34] 174 million residents. To prevent panic, the [01:39] country showcased patients who were successfully [01:42] treated, and produced awareness campaigns on the [01:45] disease. From national TV appearances by the [01:47] president, to an online campaign starting Nigerian [01:50] actors. No effort was spared to reassure the country's [01:54] vast population. 0800 EBOLA HELP now. Keeping [02:00] borders open. Nigeria made the decision of keeping [02:04] it's frontiers open to travelers from Sierra Leone, [02:07] Liberia, and Guinea. Saying that closing the borders [02:10] would only hurt commercial activities in the countries [02:13] whose economies were already struggling due to [02:16] Ebola. At the same time effective screening procedures [02:20] checked incoming visitors. The average number of [02:23] travelers screened each day reached more than [02:26] 16, 000. Even though the outbreak was contained [02:31] Nigeria is now slowing down its training and [02:33] preparation procedures in case there are new cases. 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