Tag: Ebola
Ebola virus returns
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, has confirmed a case of Ebola virus in Congo…
AfDB approves $1m grant for Uganda to stem Ebola transmission
The African Development Bank has released a $1 million grant to Uganda to help the East African country tackle an…
4 Ebola responders killed in DRC attack
Two attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have killed 4 workers responding to the Ebola outbreak and…
Ebola outbreak: South Africa dismisses report
The South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Thursday said they have not confirmed any Ebola cases in…
Premium Times Publisher wants special honour for Adadevoh
Mr Dapo Olorunyomi, Publisher of Premium Times online newspaper, has called for special honour to the late Dr Stella Adedevoh,…
Malawi denies reports of first Ebola case
Health authorities in Malawi have dismissed as false reports that the first Ebola case has been recorded in the country’s…
Congo to introduce second vaccine against Ebola in mid-October
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday said Congo would introduce a second vaccine against Ebola from mid-October, as the…
Ebola: Congo to introduce second vaccine
Congo will introduce a second vaccine against Ebola from mid-October, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday, as the…
Ex DR Congo minister under fire over Ebola Funds
Democratic Republic of Congo government is set to probe the former health minister, Oly Ilunga over misappropriation of funds meant…
News of possible Ebola treatment, prevention excites UNGA president
President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Ms Maria Espinosa, “is delighted” by news that Ebola may soon be…
Rwanda denies closing border with Congo DR
Rwanda’s health minister said the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo remained open on Thursday, appearing to contradict an…
Ebola: Tension as second death confirmed in DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed the case of Ebola in the eastern city of Goma, near the border…
Ebola death toll in DRC rises to 1,540, WHO raises alarm
The death toll in the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to 1,540,…
Ebola: Federal Govt orders total health surveillance at ports, borders
Federal Government has directed port health service officials and other relevant agencies at the points of entry to Nigeria to…
Ebola: WHO to declare international emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) should and is likely to declare an international emergency over the Ebola epidemic in the…