The U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, Karen DeSalvo, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, Jimmy Kolker, and Deputy Chief of Staff Dawn O'Connel will visit Liberia and Guinea for three days this week to visit Ebola response sites in the region, the U.S. embassy here has disclosed. In Liberia, they will tour the Monrovia Medical Unit (MMU), a 25-
Gbarpolu County Senator Armah Zulu Jallah has been sworn in in Monrovia as the President Pro Tempro of the Liberian Senate.
Mr. Jallah who took the oath of office about 3;50 local time defeated his rivals Senators Joseph Ngabe of Sinoe County and Oscar Cooper of Margibi County to assume the top post.
A senior Liberian official says most of his country is Ebola-free and he is optimistic that cases of Ebola can be brought down to zero in a matter of weeks. Ebola cases in Liberia have declined from a peak of more than 300 a week in August to fewer than 10 per week in January. Liberia’s Minister for Commerce and Industry, Axel Addy, said Monday that 13 of 15 counties now are reporting zero cases of Ebola for 21 days, the period of incubation for the disease. Read more on http://www.voanews.com/
The head of the United Nations Office for Human Settlement (UN HABITAT) in Liberia, Anthony Lamba, has warned land dealers against selling disputed lands.
Lamba said the sale of land that one does not have legitimate claims to affects the peace and stability of community dwellers.
About 25 people have been placed in quarantine in the Monrovia neighborhood of Paynesville, which authorities affirm has the propensity of throwing the fight against Ebola backwards.
The government of Liberia has set the end of February to end the Ebola scourge as there is a significant drop in cases across the country.
Lofa County Superintendent George Dunor has unveiled plans to move Lofa County to full economic prosperity, growth and sustained human development.
Speaking to a group of citizens at the Lofa Youth Intellectual Forum in central Voinjama Tuesday evening, Superintendent Dunor pledged under the plan to ensure that short-term jobs are created for youths of the county.