Tag: Ebola virus
Ebola strikes fourth American in Liberia
A US television network prepared Friday to evacuate a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia, as the UN’s pointman flew…
Ibuprofen can help Ebola carrier pass airport screening
The infection control specialist, and President of Behavioral-based Improvement Solutions in Atlanta, Sean Kaufman, on Friday said people who contracted…
Ebola strikes fourth American as UN steps up response
The US prepared Friday to fly home a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia, as the head of the UN’s…
Ebola: 7,178 cases, 3,338 deaths recorded in West Africa
The United Nations on Thursday said the number of cases of the Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa had risen…
US hunts contacts of Ebola patient, including kids
Health officials in Texas on Wednesday scoured the Dallas area for people, including schoolchildren, who came in contact with a…
Sirleaf sees signs of Ebola ‘stabilisation’
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Wednesday the Ebola outbreak that has devastated her country was showing signs of stabilising…
US hospital bungled report of Africa travel in Ebola case
The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States initially told a nurse he had traveled in Africa but…
US Ebola patient had contact with kids – Governor
A man who was diagnosed with Ebola in virus in Texas came in contact with young children, and experts are…
Ebola in the US: Opportunity for Nigeria
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday announced the first domestic case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the…
US Ebola patient is first diagnosed outside Africa
The United States has diagnosed its first case of Ebola in a man who was infected in Liberia and traveled…
Texas hospital isolates patient for Ebola tests
A patient with symptoms of Ebola has been placed in strict isolation at a Texas hospital, and test results are…
Children who lost parents to Ebola shunned by families – UNICEF
Thousands of children who have lost parents to the west African Ebola epidemic risk are being shunned by frightened and…
Ebola screening for ships’ at Apapa port
Sand is unloaded from the vast hold of the Pintail cargo ship into waiting trucks at the port of Apapa…
Ebola: Nigeria to train health workers from W/African countries
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Monday said Nigeria would offer specialised training to 15 health personnel from…
Arik Air Resumes Flights To Banjul After Ebola
Simon Ateba/Lagos Arik Air, Nigeria’s largest commercial carrier is resuming flight services to Banjul, Gambia, the airline said in a…
Cuba sends 461 doctors, nurses to help fight Ebola in West Africa
Cuba will send a total of 461 doctors and nurses to West Africa to help fight the Ebola epidemic, local…
Australia commits N8.7mn to tackle Ebola in Nigeria
The Australian Government says it has contributed ₦ 8.7 million to the Nigeria Ebola Virus Emergency Appeal launched by the…
World Bank adds $170 mn to fight Ebola
The World Bank boosted its aid to the campaign against the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa on Thursday, adding…
Amb. Nancy Powell appointed as Ebola coordinator
By Simon Ateba The United States Government has named Ambassador Nancy Powell to lead the Ebola Coordination Unit at the…
Jonathan Assures Of Smooth 2015 Election
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has assured the international community that next year’s general elections in Nigeria will be conducted in…
Ebola: Ban commends Nigeria’s efforts, doggedness
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for Nigeria’s efforts at containing the spread of Ebola…
Nigeria is free from Ebola – Health Ministry
Nigeria has cleared all patients being monitored for the Ebola virus, the federal health ministry said on Wednesday, but doctors…
Rename IDH after Adadevoh, Lagos Assembly tells Fashola
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Wednesday passed a motion asking the state governor, Babatunde Fashola, to…
We’re vulnerable to Ebola, Ipokia people cry out
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Residents of Ipokia community in Ipokia local government area of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria have called on the…
Ebola death toll climbs to 2,811 out of 5,864 cases – WHO
The deadliest Ebola epidemic on record has now infected almost 6,000 people in west Africa and killed nearly half of…
Ebola: Nigeria, Senegal get thumbs up from WHO
Two of the five countries affected by the world’s worst-ever Ebola outbreak are managing to halt the spread of the…
Ebola: Kwara vows to shut down schools that resume
The Kwara State Government on Monday vowed to close down any school which violates the directive postponing the resumption of…
Lagos shifts school resumption date
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola Sunday announced Monday 8 October 2014 as new date for resumption of schools in…
Liberia to send 1,000 Ebola beds to Monrovia
Liberia announced plans Sunday for a four-fold increase in beds for Ebola patients in its overwhelmed capital Monrovia, as US…
Lagos schools to resume Monday
All is now set for the resumption of school activities in Lagos state following the decision by the Federal Government…