Author: Alpha Daffae Senkpeni

Monrovia – Curbing the spread of any virus outbreak requires meticulous and robust public health interventions as well as effective risk communication strategies. So, when fake rumors and news are penetrating the public sphere, the virus itself does not seem to be the only problem to solve. The confirmation of the first COVID-19 case in Liberia on March 16 sparked a lot of rumors, leaving social media buzzing with thousands of posts and comments — some from media sources others based on people’s perceptions. And these perceptions, which come from non-scientists or health experts, are most likely based on unconfirmed…

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L-r: Liberia’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Francis Kateh, Health Minister Dr. Wilemina Jallah and the Executive Director of NPHIL, Dr. Mosoka Fallah Monrovia – On Monday, March 16, the government of Liberia announced the country’s first confirmed Coronavirus case with health officials telling reporters that the patient slip through the precautionary observation system.

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Critics continue to label the country’s premier anti-graft body a “toothless bulldog” thanks to its perceived-failure to win a single high profile corruption case Monrovia – The prestige and reputation of Liberia’s anti-graft institutions are dwindling, prompting hype in negative public perceptions about a failing fight against the country’s foremost nemesis. However, an approach to salvage the vanishing integrity seems to be in the making.

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The number of Coronavirus cases is now 17,000 with a mortality rate of 2%, amounting to 250 deaths so far, prompting the World Health Organization to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concerns Monrovia – Liberians have been “strongly discouraged” from making travels to China for the next one month as the cases of Coronavirus increased in the world’s most populous nation.

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According to reports, the Free Port of Monrovia was last dredged in 2012 and the NPA management has since failed to carry out any dredging exercise making it difficult for tankers to berth. The NPA management says “the NPA is well on course with the required two years conventional dredging plans” Monrovia – As petroleum products, mainly gasoline, remain scarce for almost a week in the country, sources have told FrontPageAfrica that the capacity of the facility which stores products at the Liberia Petroleum and Refinery Company has been reduced while delay in dredging the Freeport of Monrovia are two…

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