Tag: Ebola
Fourth deaths recorded in latest Ebola outbreak
A fourth person has died in an Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman from the…
Passengers to go through screening to check spread of Ebola
The Federal Government has ordered health workers to intensify screening of passengers coming into the country as part of deliberate…
Ebola Virus: FG Urged To Be Proactive
The Guild of Medical Directors on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to be proactive and take adequate measures to prevent…
Ebola Outbreak: Kenya Issues Alert
Kenya’s health ministry on Tuesday released an alert on Ebola outbreak following the disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
Watch Out: Ebola virus on the rampage, kills 3
Three people have died from an Ebola outbreak in a remote northern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as…
WHO adopts measures to curb Ebola in Congo
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it had taken measures to effectively respond to the recent outbreak of Ebola in…
Ebola outbreak: Nigerian government calls for vigilance
Nigeria's Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has called for heightened vigilance and intensified awareness efforts on symptoms of hemorrhagic…
Ebola: West Africa marks the end of epidemic
Liberia said Thursday it was free of Ebola, meaning there are now no known cases of the deadly tropical virus…
Liberia to be declared Ebola free
The latest Ebola outbreak in Liberia, the last country still affected by the deadliest flare-up in the history of the…
We shall conquer Lassa fever like Ebola —Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode says the government is working frantically to conquer the deadly Lassa fever disease…
Lassa fever: Resident Doctors demand improved rapid response
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called on government to improve existing response mechanism to ensure rapid response…
Ebola: FG says deceased student free from pathogenic viruses
The Federal Ministry of Health has said that the student who died of suspected fresh case of Ebola Virus Disease…
Two new Ebola cases in Guinea – WHO
Reuters – Two people have fallen ill with Ebola in Guinea after two weeks with no new confirmed cases of…
Ebola-ravaged countries record first virus-free week
The three West African countries at the heart of an Ebola epidemic recorded their first week with no new cases…
WHO: No new Ebola cases in the past week
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said no new Ebola infections were reported in West Africa in the past…