needed hope in the face of the terrifying Ebola virus scourge
In the midst of the grappling fear which has seized West Africa and
the rest of the world over the dreaded Ebola virus, a 7-year old
Sierra Leonean boy has proven to be a glimmer of hope after full
recovering from a bout of the deadly virus.
According to the UNICEF blog, 7-year old Vandy Jawad was a patient at
the Ebola ward of Kenema Hospital in Sierra Leone for over a month;
having contracted the virus in Daru village, 40 kilometres from Kenema
town.
Nurses at the ward report that he was very sick and they even feared
that he wouldn't make it as many others had died.
However, a few weeks later he started to show signs of recovery,
regaining his strength till he finally tested negative to the virus.
Little Vandy who nurses revealed provided laughter and cheer in the
Ebola ward at the most unlikely times was presented with a plastic toy
truck on the day of his release from the hospital which he happily
showed off to the nurses on his way out.
«The UNICEF blog reports that Sierra Leone is now recording the
highest number of new cases each week of all the West African
countries affected. Interestingly however, there is also an increasing
number of survivors - a total of 143 people out of the 500 who
contracted it have recovered so far.
Meanwhile back home in Nigeria, 4 people have so far died from the
Ebola virus while there are 10 confirmed cases with 198 people under
watch - 177 in Lagos and 21 in Enugu.
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