SITUATION OVERVIEW
A total of 8 confirmed cases were reported in the week to 17 May, compared with 2 the previous week.
Three districts reported confirmed cases in the week to 17 May, compared with a single district the previous week.
Half of the cases reported from Sierra Leone occurred in three neighbourhoods in the north of Freetown. Of these, three have a proven epidemiological link to a previous case. The remaining case was identified after post-mortem testing. The source of infection is unknown, but the case was found in the Moa Wharf area of Freetown.
Port Loko district reported cases for the first time in over 3 weeks. All 3 cases were reported from the Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom, and all were linked to a previous case from Kambia.
Kambia, which borders the Guinean prefecture of Forecariah to the north and Port Loko to the south, reported a case from the Chiefdom of Magbema in the week to 17 May.
A total of 599 contacts are currently being monitored daily in 3 districts: 47 in Port Loko, 82 in Kambia, and 470 in Western Area Urban, which includes Freetown.
There were 415 credible alerts of sick people with possible Ebola-like symptoms received in the week to 10 May. Of these 415, 404 were responded to within 24 hours.
After 5 consecutive weeks without reporting a health worker infection, a Sierra Leone national working at an Ebola treatment centre near Freetown was laboratory confirmed as EVD positive on 14 May. The national was working at the same facility as the recent Italian health worker case.
