Tag: Ebola virus
Ebola diagnosed in medical worker in Britain
A healthcare worker recently returned from Sierra Leone was on Monday diagnosed with Ebola by doctors in Glasgow in the…
S.Leone nurses strike over Ebola pay amid lockdown
Nurses at a public hospital in northern Sierra Leone were on strike Thursday to demand hazard pay for treating Ebola…
Fourth UN staff contracts Ebola in Liberia
A fourth member of the UN mission in Liberia, the country hardest-hit by the Ebola epidemic, has been hospitalised after…
How My Prayer Healed Ebola Victim – Kumuyi
Kazeem Ugbodaga Over 100,000 Deeper Lifers were thrown into a state of ecstasy at the weekend as the General Superintendent…
Nigerian peacekeeper cured of Ebola in Netherlands
A Nigerian United Nations peacekeeper infected with Ebola and brought to the Netherlands for treatment has been cured, the Dutch…
Sierra Leone goes door-to-door to fight Ebola surge
Sierra Leone on Wednesday said health workers would go door-to-door as part of sweeping efforts to stem the spread of…
Sierra Leone cancels Christmas as Ebola crisis deepens
Sierra Leone said Friday it was banning any public Christmas celebrations as the spiralling caseload of Ebola infections continues to…
Last known Ebola patient in Mali cured
The last patient to be treated for Ebola in Mali has made a full recovery, a senior health ministry official…
Time names Ebola Virus fighters as ‘person’ of 2014
Time magazine on Wednesday named as its “Person of the Year 2014” the medics treating the Ebola epidemic that has…
Tenth Sierra Leone doctor dies of Ebola
A tenth doctor has died after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone, the government said on Sunday, increasing alarm over the…
Sierra Leone to jail ‘entire families’ in Ebola crackdown
Sierra Leone warned on Friday it would jail entire families if Ebola victims who appeared to have been washed after…
Ebola: Govt Trains 250 Volunteers
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) on Monday began training volunteers to be sent to help to contain the Ebola…
Hollande to be first Western leader in Ebola-hit Africa
French President Francois Hollande will become the first Western leader to travel to a country hit hard by the deadly…
WHO confirms DR Congo Ebola-free
The World Health Organization confirmed Friday that the Democratic Republic of Congo was Ebola-free, as 42 days had passed since…
Ebola-infected Cuban doctor arrives in Geneva
A Cuban doctor infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone arrived late Thursday in Geneva, where he will be treated for…