Liberia: Public Health Association Wants Inclusion of Qualified Professional in COVID-19 Fight
Monrovia – The Liberia Public Health Association has called for the inclusion of “competent and qualified” skilled members to join the ongoing fight against the coronavirus pandemic. She added that members of LPHA have already positioned themselves with a community-based approach strategic plan. Ms Martin added that the association intends to engage community leaders as appropriate human resource in their strategic plan to combat the disease. Although other professionals are already contributing to the response against COVID-19, the lack of more public health professionals with the requisite expertise in infectious disease control will delay the process of containing COVID-19, she cautioned. “LPHA solicits speedy response from the Government of Liberia through the Executive Committee on Coronavirus, headed by Madam Mary T. Broh.”
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April 29, 2020 13:50 UTC
Liberia: EPA Deputy Executive Director Randall Dobayou ‘Lied’ on His Academic Credentials?
Defending his credentials during a press conference on Tuesday, Dobayou said, “I completed all of my courses at AMEU before I was suspended. It was very recent that we handed him his credentials because he just completed his courses. Dobayou through messaging app, WhatsApp, confirmed to FrontPageAfrica his credentials obtained from AMEU are dated 2019/2020. It was very recent that we handed him his credentials because he just completed his courses. As a partisan, he appointed by President George Weah to serve as the Deputy Executive Director of the EPA.
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April 29, 2020 09:45 UTC
Liberia: Women in Bong County Lament Husbands’ Inability to Fend for Food Due to Lockdown
FrontPageAfrica Tuesday spoke with some pregnant women, who claimed that they are going through tough time, even as they complain of restlessness, weakness and tiredness due to hunger. The Bong housewife, who is five months pregnant, said the lockdown has denied her access to balanced diet as her husband, a painter, has been out of job since the lockdown began. Another woman, Mrs. Nowai Kollie, 28, who is four months pregnant, says the lockdown has inflicted poverty on her family. “No money to buy fruit and vegetables that are good for pregnant women. The doctor added, “My prayer is that women don’t die [while] trying to access maternity services because of this lockdown.”
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April 29, 2020 05:48 UTC
Liberia: Brain Tumor Patient Appeals for Help
Comfort’s condition worsened last week and a neurosurgeon doctor in Monrovia has suggested she be sent overseas for appropriate treatment. It will cost US$4,000Gbarnga, Bong County – A 27-year-old brain tumor patient is appealing for public assistance to have surgery. Comfort’s condition worsened last week and a neurosurgeon doctor in Monrovia has suggested she be sent overseas for appropriate treatment. They held a fund raising rally. Sackie said the family would be organizing another fundraising rally next week to buy tickets to help save his daughter.
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April 29, 2020 05:03 UTC
Liberia: German Biomedical Engineer Manufactures Local ‘Ventilator’ Using Scrap Medical Equipment
Why Is Ventilator So Important and CostSimply put, a ventilator takes over the body’s breathing process when disease has caused the lungs to fail. FrontPageAfrica met Mr. Goldman at the head office of the Liberia Medical and Dental Council (LMDC) where he had gone to display how the live-saving machine works. According to Mr. Goldman, his simple ventilator can be built by any good bio-technician. This machine is portable and can be easily moved from room to room,” Mr. Goldman, who works at the ELWA Hospital, said. Mr. Hans Goldman, a German Biomedical Engineer, who has built a ventilator with scrap medical materialsThe medical Bioengineer said the good thing about the machine is that all of its parts can be found right inside Liberia at various health facilities.
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April 29, 2020 00:44 UTC
Montserrado County’s Residents Express Mixed Reactions Over Government’s Lockdown Order
In the wake of the President’s latest decision, several residents of Montserrado County, speaking to FrontPage Africa, expressed mixed reactions. However, Cleon noted that most of the lockdown order has not been enforced because of the harsh living condition of majority of the population. And now, the lockdown, along with the 3 p. m. deadline is stopping people from making their daily hustle,” he said. They should really tell us.”‘Still Confused’“I am currently still a bit confused about whether it is a lockdown or curfew. Government has to see reasons to give each household food for the order of a total lockdown to properly take effect,” he insisted.
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April 28, 2020 22:41 UTC
LIB. Solar Donates US$4,000 Worth of Sanitary Materials to Three Counties
Solar commenced the distribution of several faucet buckets, cartoons of clora and tide soap to locals in Montserrado, Bomi, Grand Cape Mount and Gbarpolu Counties, respectively. Chief Kamara, however, used the occasion to call on residents of Memeh Town to remain home to avoid “bringing sickness to their family members or neighbors”. For her part, the Chairlady of Memeh Town, Musu Siryon expressed gratitude to LIB. LIB Solar works with rural communities in Liberia to provide solar-powered lighting and refrigeration. LIB Solar is working to expand across all of Liberia, with a goal of reaching over 80,000 households and businesses in the next 5 years.
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April 28, 2020 22:18 UTC
Liberia: Man Owed by House of Representatives Beaten for Protesting for His Money
In tears, Mr. Winn explained that he borrowed US$19,000 from GN Bank to pre-finance the work and he is being harassed by the bank for payment. The amount owed the local contractor is in the tune of US$25,000.00. This, he said is causing him to lose sleep as he has been threatened with jail by the bank. “I prefer to be sent to jail by Speaker Chambers than to go to jail by the Bank. Meanwhile, well-placed sources in the House of Representatives have confided in FrontPageAfrica that the amount in question has been raised and collected and shared amongst three members of the House of Representatives to include; House Speaker Bhofal Chambers, Representative Muna Pelhm-Younblood (CDC-District #9 Montserrado County) chair on Executive House of Representatives and Representative Marvin Cole (NPP-Bong County) Co-Chair on Rules, Order and Administration.
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April 28, 2020 22:07 UTC
Liberia: Three Senators Tested Negative for COVID-19
MONROVIA – FrontPageAfrica has been able to confirm that three Senators who attended to joint security meeting in which the Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA) attended and subsequently died of COVID-19 have tested negative for the virus. They include Senators Steve Zargo, (LP LOfa County), Johnathan Kaipay (LP-Grand Bassa County) and Senator Conmany Wesseh (UP-Rive-gee County). According to Senator Zargo, he along with his colleagues participated in a joint security meeting on April 11 where the three of them sat far from Soko. A senior security official told FPA early Friday the symptoms prior to Soko’s death indicated COVID-19 but the test results would determine. Mr. Soko was taken to the 14 Military Hospital late Thursday; but authorities tell FPA that he arrived too late and died before arrival.
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April 28, 2020 20:37 UTC
Liberia: ‘The President is Well & Healthy’: Minister of State Rubbishes Positive COVID-19 Rumors
PRESIDENT IN GOOD HEALTH: Responding to a FrontPageAfrica inquiry Tuesday evening, Minister McGill said: “The President is well and healthy. The news comes after two senior Cabinet ministers – Minister of Justice Frank Musah Dean and Information Minister Lenn Eugene Nagbe both tested positive for the virus. Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Nathaniel McGill says there is no truth to reports that President has tested positive for COVID-19. A senior security official told FPA early Friday the symptoms prior to Soko’s death indicated COVID-19 but the test results would determine. FrontPageAfrica has learned that Mr. Soko before his demised participated in a number of high-security meetings relating to the government’s COVID-19 response.
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April 28, 2020 20:37 UTC
COVID-19 Gradually Spreading Across Liberia, Seven Counties Affected
Liberia recorded eight new cases over the past 24 hours bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 141 as of April 27, 200MONROVIA – The novel coronavirus has spread across at least seven counties in Liberia with Montserrado County remaining the most affected, reporting at least 129 cases of. There is an overall of 141 cases confirmed cases in Liberia. The country is also experiencing a gradual surge in the number of positive cases with eight new cases recorded in the last 24 hours. The number of confirmed cases on April 26 was 133. Also announcing his positive result on Sunday, Minister Dean when asked whether he was in any of the security meetings with Soko, Minister Dean responded in the affirmative.
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April 28, 2020 14:37 UTC
Liberia: Special Presidential Committee to Investigate Allegations of Brutality against Journalists
The Presidential Committee has not met physically, but it has met virtually. The Presidential Committee members were appointed by the President of the Republic by the issuance of ‘Presidential Letters’ and not via Facebook or other social media platforms. Some of the journalists who have accused members of the State Security of abuses are located in counties that are distanced from Monrovia. I have only on today learnt that the PUL has set up a committee to work along with the Presidential Committee and we welcome that and look forward to working in tandem. The Presidential Committee respects the leadership of the Press Union of Liberia and remains committed to the mandate it has received from the President of the Republic of Liberia.
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April 28, 2020 13:30 UTC
Liberian Journalist Watkins Wants African Governments, Liberia to develop Post COVID 19 Recovery Plans
Mr. Watkins holds to the view that all Africans nations are currently affected by the presence of COVID-19 in about 99.9% of African countries on the continent. We can’t get there with the negative impact of COVID -19 just experienced on the African Continent, with our Africans prioritizing the development of resilience post COVID-19 plans that will boost Africa’s economic. Recognizing that government has challenges in empowering all communities, the Watkins Initiative For Nation (WIN) has been very instrumental in assisting various communities across the Congo Town Township. The Congo Town Township hosts parts of two electoral districts (districts 5&6) and an entire electoral district (district 10) in Montserrado. The recent jacket distribution was done in 32 communities within the Township as part of the #WIN4Liberia project launched early this year by the Watkins Initiative for Nations.
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April 28, 2020 13:07 UTC
U.S.-Based Liberian Organization ‘Hits’ China on Coronavirus-Related Action
LAGH’s President Henry Keculah, Jr. on FOX 26 News (USA)MONROVIA – A Liberian humanitarian and advocacy group based in the United States of America is speaking out against mistreatment of African Nationals in China. “Things have gone downhill for African Nationals after five Nigerians tested positive for COVID-19 in China. Many Africans have been evicted from their residential places and banned from establishments,” complained Mr. Henry Keculah, Jr., president of the Liberian Association of Greater Houston (LAGH) on behalf of the group. We must step up and help our brothers and sisters,” president Henry Keculah, Jr. said. The Liberian Association of Greater Houston has opened its doors ajar for anyone interested in joining the fight to support Liberians in China, the group’s shared communication announced.
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April 28, 2020 09:22 UTC
Liberia: Health Minister Suggests COVID-19 Testing Kits Being Wasted on the Dead
In Liberia, we are testing dead body while neighboring countries are not doing so.”Dr. Wilhemina Jallah, Minister of Health & Social WelfareMonrovia – In a Whatzzap chat group discussion with members of the Liberia COVID-19 Task Force, Health Minister Dr. Wilhemina Jallah suggests that Liberia may be wasting much-needed testing kits on the dead rather than the living. Most of those have died from the virus, results were not known until after their death. In Liberia, we are testing dead body while neighboring countries are not doing so,” the minister said. This week, Senegal’s Institut Pasteur de Dakar developed a Covid-19 testing kit that costs $1 and can deliver results in about 10 minutes. In Ghana, scientists at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Incas Diagnostics, both based in the Ashanti Region capital, Kumasi, are currently optimizing the kit for Covid-19 testing.
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April 28, 2020 02:16 UTC