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With Ebola Cases Still Few, Populous Nigeria Has Chance to Halt...
By DENISE GRADY
Health workers have fought the Ebola outbreak to a tentative standstill in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, offering at least a chance to eradicate...
Ebola: Van Vicker postpones film production in Liberia over virus outbreak
Renowned heartthrob and Ghanaian actor-Van Vicker- has postponed the shooting of a film in Liberia because of the Ebola outbreak.
The actor, who has delved...
HEALTH COMMISSIONER DENIES EBOLA OUTBREAK IN ABIA
UMUAHIA - The Commissioner for Health in Abia, Dr Okechukwu Ogah, has said that there is no outbreak of Ebola disease in the state.
Ogah...
Ebola virus outbreak, most severe in human history — Microbiologist
LAGOS - A clinical microbiologist, Dr Philip Oshun, on Friday in Lagos said that the current Ebola virus outbreak was the most severe since...
ECOWAS suspends meetings of member-states over Ebola outbreak
ABUJA - The ECOWAS Commission has suspended all meetings involving member states of the commission due to the outbreak of the Ebola virus in...
Ebola outbreak: India, Greece tell nationals not to travel to Nigeria,...
Greece and India have warned their citizens to avoid non-essential travels to Nigeria, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone because of the outbreak of Ebola...
Ebola: Consultant commends proactive measures to check outbreak in Nigeria
Dr Sule Bathner, a Consultant Endocrinologist, on Saturday in Bauchi, commended the proactive measures taken by relevant authorities to check the spread of Ebola...
No Ebola Outbreak In Anambra, Says Obiano
AWKA - The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has dismissed speculations of Ebola outbreak in the state, describing it as unfounded and false.
The report...
Cholera outbreak kills 200 in Cameroon
An outbreak of cholera has killed more than 200 people in northern Cameroon over the past two months, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
More...
Ebola outbreak: NCAA suspends ASky Airline operations
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has announced the suspension of all ASky Airline operations to Nigeria.
A statement by NCAA’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr. Fan Ndubuoke,...
Ebola outbreak not hurting investment in Sierra Leone – foreign minister
LONDON (Reuters) - The Ebola outbreak has not hurt foreign investment in Sierra Leone but will inevitably require more spending to fight it, the...
Ebola outbreak threatens business in West Africa
The latest number of casualties of the incurable Ebola is 603 with 68 deaths reported last week alone, according to WHO statistics. Sierra Leone...
Ebola Treatments Face Testing Hurdles as Hundreds Die
By Pauline Bax and Makiko Kitamura
Staff from a medical aid organisation carry the body of a person at a center for victims of...
Drastic action needed to halt world’s worst Ebola outbreak – WHO
ABIDJAN - An Ebola outbreak that began in Guinea has turned into a cross-border crisis that could spread to more countries, the World Health...
Religious, political leaders deny outbreak of religious war in Gwoza
MAIDUGURI - Religious and political leaders in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State on Sunday, denied reports of an outbreak of religious war...
WHO experts say hospital breaches worsened MERS outbreak in UAE
By Kate Kelland
LONDON - Lapses in hospital infection control measures exacerbated an outbreak of a deadly new viral disease which has infected more than...
Death toll in Guinea’s Ebola outbreak hits 80
DAKAR - The Ebola death toll in Guinea has risen to 80, while 122 suspected cases have been registered, health authorities said on Tuesday.
Medical charity,...