Tag: Ebola virus
Ebola: Ondo govt. cancels summer lessons
The Ondo State Government on Friday cancelled all summer school lessons in the state. This was contained in a statement…
Nigeria monitors 160 after Ebola kills doctor in Port Harcourt
Some 160 people are being medically monitored in Nigeria’s oil-producing hub Port Harcourt after a doctor died from the virus,…
Senegal reports first case of Ebola
Senegal confirmed its first case of Ebola on Friday, as the country’s health minister announced that a young Guinean had…
Federal Govt Lifts Suspension On Resident Doctors
The Federal Government has lifted the suspension of Residency Training Programme in all federal hospitals with effect from Thursday, 28…
NUT commends FG for postponing school resumption
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Thursday commended the Federal Government’s decision to postpone the resumption of schools in…
Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh: That We May Truly Remember Her
By Adewale Stephen There exists a statue of a white-mustached man who stands proudly in front of the 15-storey Church…
Ebola vaccine trials being fast-tracked – GlaxoSmithKline
Safety trials on an Ebola vaccine are being fast-tracked, meaning it could be given to healthy volunteers as early as…
Ebola cases could exceed 20,000 – WHO
The World Health Organization said Thursday it aimed to reverse the spread of Ebola within three months, but warned that…
Ebola death toll rises to 1,552, with 3,062 cases – WHO
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak tearing through West Africa has passed the 1,500 mark while the number of…
Ebola claims first victim in Port Harcourt
Nigeria on Thursday said that a doctor had died from Ebola in the southeastern oil city of Port Harcourt in…
US health worker home after ‘low-risk’ Ebola exposure
A health worker with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has returned to the United States after possible…
FG warns against complacency in Ebola fight
Nigeria’s health minister on Wednesday warned against complacency in the country’s fight against Ebola, despite only one patient remaining in…
Gombe earmarks N20m to fight Ebola virus
Gombe State Government has set N20 million aside for the management of any Ebola virus outbreak. Dr Kennedy Ishaya, the…
Ebola: Group sentisize women and drivers in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Call has gone to Nigerian women to be more cautious to prevent the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD…
WHO staffer with Ebola taken to Germany for treatment
A World Health Organization (WHO) employee who has contracted Ebola arrived in Germany Wednesday, the first patient with the virus…
Ebola: BA stops flights to Liberia, Sierra Leone until 2015
British Airways extended to 2015 its suspension of flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone due to concerns about the spread…
Ebola: FG postpones school resumption by one month
Nigeria said Tuesday that resumption of classes in all public and private schools will be delayed by a month to…
Nigeria announces containment of Ebola, discharges 2 patient
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria minister of health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu announced on Tuesday said that two more patients of Ebola Virus…
Ebola: USAID announces medical aid to Liberia
Eromosele Ebhomele The United States Agency for International Development, USAID, has announced that it airlifted more than 16 tons of…
Ebola: Nigeria reverses the number of cases to 13
Nigeria’s minister of health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu on Monday announced the reversal of the number of confirmed cases of Ebola…
Ebola War: FG Fails To Release N200m To Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, says the state is yet to receive the N200 million the Federal Government…
Liberian medic treated with experimental Ebola drug dies
A Liberian doctor treated with experimental American anti-Ebola serum ZMapp has died, the west African nation said on Monday. Abraham…
Japan ready to offer trial Ebola drug
Tokyo stands ready to offer an experimental drug developed by a Japanese company to help stem the global tide of…
Briton with Ebola flown home from Sierra Leone
A British healthcare worker who contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone is being flown back to London for treatment,…
FG partners stakeholders to fight Ebola virus
The Director of Port Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Nasiru Gwarzo, has said that the Federal and other stakeholders…
Ebola: Nigerians commend FG for quick response
Nigerians have commended the Federal Government and Lagos State government for swift response to the deadly Ebola Virus Disease. An…
Ebola: Nigerian doctors call off strike, resume Monday
Kayode Obembe, president Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says the association has called off its three-month old (55 days) strike action.…
Canadian hospital isolates possible Ebola patient
A Canadian hospital said Saturday it has placed a patient who recently returned from West Africa in isolation as it…
American doctor proffers technology cure for Ebola
American doctor, Dr. Bill Gray MD claims he has technological remedy to help people infected with Ebola Virus recover through…
Ivory Coast closes borders with Ebola-hit neighbours
The Ivory Coast has closed its borders with Ebola-hit Guinea and Liberia in a bid to protect citizens against an…