Highlights
• As of 7 December, the cumulative number of confirmed, probable and suspected cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Sierra Leone is estimated to have reached 7,897, with a total of 1,768 deaths.
• The Western Area and Port Loko remain Locations of high transmission. New hotspots are emerging in remote areas including parts of Kambia and the Tambaka chiefdom in Bombali.
• As of 3 December, 9,524 children have been identified as being directly affected by the Ebola Crisis, including 4,349 children having lost one or both parents to EVD.
• WFP continues to deliver weekly over 730 metric tonnes of food, reaching some 65,000 patients, quarantined homes, and survivors.
• In the efforts to support the Western Area Surge, the UN has deployed 11 additional staff from WFP,
WHO, UNICEF and UNMEER to support the National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) and the District Ebola Response Centre (DERC) in the urgent implementation phase.
• As part of scaling up the response, UNMEER will be sending over 15.000 lab vials, an EU lab from Liberia and 20 motorcycles for sample transport