Tag: Ebola virus
Ebola dominates emergency preparedness training in Osun
Simon Ateba The Ebola Virus Disease would dominate deliberations at an Emergency Preparedness Response workshop holding in Nigeria’s western state…
Ebola-infected UN employee dies in Germany
A United Nations employee infected with the Ebola virus in west Africa has died after arriving in Germany last week…
EU ministers to hold anti-Ebola talks
The European Union has called a meeting of health ministers on Thursday to discuss the possible screening of travellers from…
Spain to be clear of Ebola by October 27
Spain will be free from the threat of further contagion from Ebola on October 27 if all those who had…
AC Milan, Essien blast Nigeria media over Ebola reports
AC Milan has “categorically denied” that Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien has contracted Ebola while on national team duty. Reports in…
First US Ebola infection result of ‘protocol breach’
A Texas health care worker has become the first person to contract Ebola on American soil, authorities confirmed Sunday, blaming…
I’m not infected by Ebola, says Michael Essien
AC Milan midfielder, Michael Essien has dismissed rumours that he is infected with the deadly Ebola Virus Disease. The Ghanaian…
Liberia health workers to go on strike over Ebola pay
Healthcare workers in Liberia, the country hit hardest by the Ebola epidemic, will go on strike from Monday to demand…
Texas health worker with Ebola wore full protective gear
A Texas health care worker who treated a Liberian man who died of Ebola was wearing full protective gear but…
Texas health care worker tests positive for Ebola
A Texas health care worker who treated a man who later died of Ebola has tested positive for the disease…
Britain ready after Ebola outbreak test
Britain is ready to cope with an Ebola outbreak, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt declared Saturday, following a nationwide exercise to…
Ebola: CAF rejects AFCON 2015 postponement from Morocco
The African Football Confederation (CAF) has told the Moroccan government that it won’t postpone the already scheduled 2015 African Cup…
Dead Briton in Macedonia did not have Ebola
A British man who died in Macedonia displaying Ebola-like symptoms did not have the disease, results from a German lab…
Ebola: Morocco wants AFCON 2015 postponed
The Moroccan government on Friday called for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations to be postponed due to the deadly…
Ebola financial pledges short by $1bn
Pledges of financial aid to fight Ebola have fallen far short of the $1 billion needed by the United Nations,…