Tag: West Africa
Up to 30,000 in need of Ebola drugs now
Up to 30,000 people would have required Ebola drugs in the west African outbreak by now, according to a scientific…
Kenya shut borders to Ebola hit countries
Kenya on Saturday became the latest country to ban travellers from parts of Ebola-hit west Africa as Nigeria scrambled to…
UN to feed up to one million people hit by Ebola
The United Nations is to fly in food aid for up to a million people affected by the Ebola outbreak…
Germany urges nationals to leave Ebola-hit countries
Germany on Wednesday called on its nationals to leave Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone as the death toll from the…
Ebola: Jonathan urges greater cooperation among W/A countries
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has called for strategic collaboration among West African countries to control and contain the Ebola Virus…
Japan aid agency pulls staff from Ebola-hit nations
Japan’s foreign aid agency said Tuesday it was evacuating two dozen staff from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, as the…
Global Ebola death toll passes 1,000 – WHO
The Ebola virus has killed 1,013 people and infected another 1,848, latest World Health Organisation data showed. The fatalities include…
Eight Chinese quarantined as Ebola panic heightens
Eight Chinese medical workers who treated Ebola patients have been quarantined in Sierra Leone, as health experts grapple with ethical…
Nigeria, others feel effects of battle against Ebola
West Africa was counting the cost of measures to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic on Sunday, as unprecedented restrictions caused…
Zambia bars entry for citizens from Ebola countries
Zambia has banned the entry of citizens from countries hit by the deadly Ebola virus, which is ravaging nations to…
Ebola sparks states of emergency across west Africa
Overwhelmed west African nations called states of emergency on Thursday as the death toll from a fast-spreading Ebola epidemic neared…
Philippines monitors arrivals from west Africa for Ebola
The Philippines said Friday people arriving from west African countries hit by the Ebola outbreak would be monitored for a…
US hospital prepares to receive Ebola patient
A hospital in the southern United States said Thursday it was preparing to receive an Ebola patient “within the next…
Ebola Virus Hits Lagos
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The deadly Ebola Virus Disease which has killed over over 500 people in West Africa has hit…
Hollande visits future French force site in west Africa
President Francois Hollande wrapped up a three-day west African tour on Saturday with a visit to the future headquarters of…