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.
EBOLA Scare: Woman on West Africa flight collapses dies
GATWICK was struck with an Ebola scare, weekend, after a woman collapsed and died after arriving from West Africa. The passenger, in her 70s, showed no symptoms on the flight from Gambia but became unwell on arrival at the south England airport on Saturday. She had flown with Gambia Bird.
Bitter Kola cannot cure Ebola— Health Minister
The Minister for Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said there is no scientific evidence of Garcinia kola, popularly known as bitter kola curing or preventing Ebola virus disease.
Ebola-hit Sierra Leone’s ‘very essence’ in danger— president
Sierra Leone’s leader Monday appealed to the people of the Ebola-hit west African country to fight together against the deadly epidemic, warning that “the very essence” of the nation was at stake.
Ebola: FG, Lagos working hard to prevent its spread
AS part of on-going efforts to prevent spread of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, into the country, a team of Federal and Lagos State Health officials, yesterday, visited the General Overseer of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, to sensitise members of the congregation about persons from the affected countries in their midst.
NIS mandates use of gloves, masks for staff
THE Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has made use of hand gloves and face masks mandatory by its staff at all ports of entry into the country, to avoid bodily contact with in-coming passengers in compliance with the directive of the Federal Ministry of Health for avoiding Ebola Virus infection.
US Ebola patient ‘seems to be improving’ – CDC chief
Dr. Kent Brantly the first Ebola Virus Disease patient on American soil, who arrived Emory University Hospital, Georgia in Atlanta on a medical plane from Liberia on Saturday, to begin the latest leg of a race to save his life “seems to be improving,” a top US health official said Sunday.
Ebola: Our kids will grow up not knowing their father – Victim’s widow
Patrick Sawyer, 40, lived in Minnesota for a decade and was set to return to the U.S. to see his family in August. Sawyer died (penultimate) Friday after becoming ill on a flight to Nigeria from Liberia, leading to fears of the virus spreading through air travel.
Ebola-hit African states seal off outbreak epicentre
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone announced Friday an isolation zone sealing off the epicentre of the world’s worst-ever Ebola outbreak, where the three countries meet.
Ebola: Living in bondage
AKINGBOLA Adebiyi operates a first class boutique in Lagos. He specialises in hand-picked materials imported from neighbouring African countries and Europe. His boutique also boasts of original Italian clothes, suits, shoes and handbags.
Ebola-hit west Africa launches $100mn battle plan
West Africa’s Ebola-hit nations imposed stringent new rules on Thursday to tackle the world’s worst-ever outbreak of the tropical virus and agreed to launch a $100 million response plan at an emergency regional summit.
