Tag: Ebola virus
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…
Ebola: Schools may resume mid-September – Minister
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said on Wednesday that students in private and public schools across country may…
Patrick Sawyer And the Burden Of Collective National Guilt
By Osuolale Alalade It was a refreshing quiet Christmas day in 2009. I remember it so vividly because of the…
British Ebola victim discharged from hospital
A British nurse infected with Ebola while working in Sierra Leone was discharged from a London hospital on Wednesday after…
Ogun private schools kick against new resumption date
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta National Association Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Ogun state chapter yesterday expressed their dissatisfaction at the Federal Government’s…
Another US health worker infected with Ebola
A third American health worker has tested positive for the Ebola virus while working with patients in West Africa, the…
Ebola: Kaduna records first suspected case
A student at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) has been put into isolation at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital,…
World ‘losing battle’ to contain Ebola – MSF
International medical agency Medecins sans Frontieres said Tuesday the world was “losing the battle” to contain Ebola as the United…
Concerns over food shortages in Ebola-hit nations
The United Nations warned on Tuesday of “grave food security concerns” in the west African countries hardest hit by the…
Ivory Coast approves match amid Ebola fears
The Ivory Coast government on Tuesday relented and agreed to let the national football team play an Africa Cup of…
Ebola kills 31 people in DR Congo – WHO
An outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 31 people and the epidemic remains…
FCTA confirms suspected case of Ebola in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said on Monday that it is expecting the result of test conducted on a…
Saudi suspends labour visas for nations hit by Ebola
Saudi Arabia has stopped granting visas to workers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the countries worst-hit by the deadly…
Hackers target victims with Ebola scam mails
Henry Ojelu A new trend is emerging with the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in some West African countries…
Govt lauds Airtel’s fight against Ebola
The special medical team constituted by the federal and state governments to fight the spread of Ebola Virus Disease has…
Researchers trace Ebola outbreak to funeral in Sierra Leone
Researches at Harvard University, USA on Friday linked the outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone to the…
Ebola drug clears early test hurdle
A prototype drug that has been urgently given to a handful of patients with Ebola has cleared an important test…