Tag: Ebola virus
Ebola: Panic grips Abakaliki Teaching Hospital
Ebonyi State Government has dismissed claims of a possible Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in the state. Panic gripped the state…
Sierra Leone plans three-day shutdown to stall Ebola
Sierra Leone is to enforce three days of “complete shutdown” across the country later this month in a bid to…
Sierra Leone aggrieved by Ebola outcast status
Sierra Leone’s footballers are motivated by a sense of betrayal by fellow Africans over the Ebola virus that has led…
Use Ebola survivors’ blood to treat patients – WHO
World Health Organization has announced that the blood of patients who recover from Ebola Virus Disease should be used to…
No patient died of Ebola in Delta, says Commissioner
The Delta Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah, has dismissed claim that a patient purportedly suffering from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)…
Ebola vaccine for health workers by November – UN
An Ebola vaccine could be available by November for health workers, hard-hit by the killer disease, with testing of two…
WHO ponders untested Ebola drugs
Health experts honed in Friday on a handful of unproven drugs they hope might turn the lethal tide of Ebola,…
Ebola: FRSC will not abandon accident victims
The Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) on Wednesday in Abuja assured Nigerians that its personnel would not abandon victims of…
Ebola: Ogun pilgrims assured of hitch free trip
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State government has assured all Muslim Pilgrims of their safety against the deadly Ebola Virus, stating that,…
A Clarion Call To Curb Ebola Spread
The terpid global response to the outbreak of Ebola in some West African countries is proof that indeed, some countries…
OAU, UNILAG Sensitize Students On Ebola
Akintola Lukman & Charles Agu The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has held a sensitization campaign to…
Ebola could spread faster in Port Harcourt than Lagos – WHO
An Ebola outbreak in Nigeria’s oil producing hub of Port Harcourt could spread wider and faster than in Lagos, the…
Experts debate experimental treatments for Ebola
Some 200 experts huddled in Geneva on Thursday to debate experimental treatments for the Ebola virus as the world’s worst-ever…
Ebola death toll at more than 1,900 – WHO boss
More than 1,900 people have died in the Ebola epidemic sweeping through West Africa, the head of the World Health…
Ebola: Nigeria records death of seventh victim
Nigeria on Wednesday announced that a seventh person had died from Ebola and another person was confirmed as having the…