At least 5 dead in Guinea Ebola flare-up: health officials
Ebola has likely killed five people in Guinea after re-emerging in the country's south, health authorities said Tuesday, as Liberia announced it was closing their shared border to guard against the spread of the virus.
Liberian govt re-hospitalizes patients who fled clinic
Some of the people who fled an ebola quarantine centre in a Liberian slum when it was looted, weekend, are again under observation at a hospital Monday, a health official said.
Ebola threatens West Africa GDP as companies slow production
THE world’s worst-ever outbreak of ebola will inflict economic damage on the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone as companies from Sime Darby Bhd to ArcelorMittal scale back operations. Commercial and transport disruptions that will probably last for at least the next month, along with increased health expenditure, may put pressure on budgets, jeopardising the nations’ economic growth, Matt Robinson, a senior credit officer at Moody’s Investors Service, said in a report.
WHO flays trade and travel bans, as ebola spreads
THE World Health Organization, WHO, yesterday, rejected ebola-related travel and trade bans, as the virus that has killed more than 1,100 people continued to spread across West Africa. It said in a statement thaxt the risk of getting infected with ebola during travel was “low.”
Ebola-hit countries must screen all departing travelers: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has advised authorities in countries affected by Ebola to check people departing at international airports, seaports and major border crossings.
WHO does not recommend ban on international travel due to Ebola outbreak
The World Health Organization said Monday that it had set up a task force with the global airline and tourism industry in an effort to contain the spread of Ebola.
