HIGHLIGHTS
Overall active EVD transmission decreases in Guinea and Sierra Leone since the week ending June 7
The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) launches Operation Northern Push to scale up response efforts and local-level engagement in districts where EVD persists
New chain of transmission emerges as the Government of Guinea (GoG) reports five new confirmed cases in Boké Prefecture
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
EVD transmission continues in Guinea and Sierra Leone, with 24 new EVD cases confirmed during the week ending June 14, according to WHO. EVD transmission decreased slightly between early and mid-June, affecting four Guinean prefectures—Boké, Conakry, Dubréka, and Forécariah—and Sierra Leone’s Kambia and Port Loko districts. Of the 24 new cases identified in the two countries between June 8 and 14, 18 were found from known contact lists and five were from unknown sources of transmission.
The GoSL’s Operation Northern Push—a 21-day surge effort to reach zero EVD cases by focusing on combined chiefdom-level activities—officially commenced on June 16 in affected areas of Kambia and Port Loko. According to WHO, response actors are aiming to end behaviors that perpetuate transmission, such as unsafe movement of EVD-affected people.
As of June 14, health actors were monitoring nearly 1,930 contacts across eight Guinean prefectures; in Sierra Leone, contact tracers were following up with more than 440 people.
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