Tag: Ebola virus
Liberia now Ebola free – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday declared Liberia free of Ebola after no new cases were reported for 42…
Sierra Leone announces Ebola lockdown of 2.5 million people
Sierra Leone said Thursday it will confine around 2.5 million people to their homes across the capital and in the…
Doctors Who Went On Strike During Ebola Scourge Demand For Pay
Kazeem Ugbodaga The doctors who were on strike during last year’s Ebola scourge in Lagos, have gone on strike again…
American Ebola patient admitted to US hospital
An American healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone was admitted Friday to specialized hospital near the…
Liberia’s last Ebola patient discharged
Liberia discharged its last confirmed Ebola patient on Thursday, as it reported for the first time in nine months it…
N. Korea to lift Ebola ban on foreign tourists: tour group
North Korea is set to lift a four-month ban on foreign tourism imposed over concerns of the spread of the…
Sierra Leone reports sharp increase in Ebola cases
Sierra Leone said on Wednesday it was seeing a spike in Ebola infections, blaming unsafe burials that threaten to undermine…
Liberians rejoice as Ebola curfew is lifted
It is the early hours of the morning and bars in the Liberian capital are packed as revellers drink, sing…
Schools reopen as Liberia turns page on Ebola virus
Children began returning to school in Liberia on Monday after lessons were delayed for months by the deadly Ebola outbreak,…
Sierra Leone quarantines 700 homes after Ebola case
Sierra Leone placed hundreds of homes in the capital under Ebola quarantine Friday, in a huge blow for its recovery…
Ebola not over yet, new cases soar in Guinea, LIberia, Sierra Leone
The weekly number of new Ebola cases registered across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone rose in the last week of…
Five Ebola cases left in Liberia – Government
Liberia said on Saturday it had just five remaining cases of Ebola, confirming it is close to eradicating an epidemic…
PDP is an Ebola Virus party, says Tinubu
Kazeem Ugbodaga The national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is…
Ebola death toll tops 8,000
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in west Africa has risen to 8,153 out of 20,656 cases recorded, the…
Somalia dismisses Ebola Virus rumour
The government of war-torn Somalia has moved to reassure residents that there was no outbreak of Ebola in the country,…