After having been declared free of Ebola in December, Guinea reported seven confirmed and three probable infections in March and April
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It further stated that countries currently had the capacity to respond rapidly to new virus emergences and emphasised that there should be no restrictions on travel and trade with Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and that such measures should be lifted immediately
WHO had said all original chains of transmission of the epidemic had been halted, but that small flare-ups were anticipated due to virus persistence in the fluids and tissues of some survivors
Rene Migliani, WHO Official at the National Coordination Centre for the Fight Against Ebola, said Ebola had made more than 6,200 children orphans in Guinea
“Since Sierra Leone recorded the first Ebola case in May 2014, a total number of 8,704 people were infected and 3,589 have died, 221 of them healthcare workers, all of whom we remember on this day,” it stated
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Dr. Emanuele Nicastri of the Spallanzani hospital, who is a specialist in highly infectious diseases, said at a press conference that the nurse was overnight transferred to Rome by the Italian Air Force
Benjamin Jacobs, National School Superintendent, said on Monday in Monrovia that the re-opening, which was initially planned for February 2, was postponed by two weeks
This was contained in a statement issued by UNICEF’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Manuel Fontaine, in New York, United States of America on Friday
Nabarro said: “The change in behaviour that we’ve been hoping for, working for, anticipating, is now happening everywhere
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Nigerian government had already protested the ill-treatment of Nigerians by the country to the Sudanese authority and was seeking appropriate redress
“Because of the potential to transmit the virus sexually during this time, they should maintain good personal hygiene after masturbation, and either abstain from sex (including oral sex) for three months after onset of symptoms, or use condoms if abstinence is not possible,” the WHO said in a statement
Justina, who was employed by the First Consultants Medical Centre, Lagos, died onAugust 12, following her contact with the index Ebola case in Nigeria, the late Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian
A spokesman for the striking workers, who preferred anonymity, said they had not been paid their weekly hazard allowance for seven weeks
“We all need to collectively do everything that we can, because this is a global crisis and it affects all of us
Hospital officials said Salia’s condition was more critical than the other patients who had been treated there, possibly because of the lag in diagnosing the illness
She said: “My job was looking for nurses to volunteer for the Ebola Centre, which was moved from our building to another location