Buhari renews tenure of Executive Director NPHCDA
In a letter dated October 6, 2020 and signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, ...
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COVID-19: Dead bodies not infectious — WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that except in cases of hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola, Marburg and cholera, dead ...
Read moreNo reported case of Ebola in DRC in five weeks – WHO
The World Health Organisation says there have been no reported case of Ebola Virus Disease in Democratic Republic of Congo ...
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South Africa dismisses reported Ebola outbreak
This follows media reports that a South African woman, staying in Ficksburg not far from neighbouring country Lesotho, was confirmed ...
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Ebola: Reps call for immortalisation of Dr Stella Adadevoh
The House of Representatives has called for the immortalisation of the late Dr Stella Adadevoh in recognition of her contributions ...
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Ebola: Premium Times Publisher urges special honour for Adedevoh
The Publisher, who spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening of the 2019 National Health Dialogue organised by the ...
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Congo to introduce second vaccine against Ebola in mid-October
“The DRC authorities … have once again shown leadership and their determination to end this outbreak as soon as possible,” ...
Read moreUNGA president celebrates news of possible Ebola treatment, prevention
The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Maria Espinosa, “is delighted” by news that Ebola may soon be a ...
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Ebola: NCAA advises airlines to exercise high level of vigilance
NCAA’s General Manager, Public Relations, Sam Adurogboye, confirmed the directive in a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday.
Read moreRwanda closes border with DRC over deadly Ebola outbreak
Congo’s Presidency on Thursday said Rwandan authorities had closed the border between Goma and its nearest town of Gisenyi for ...
Read moreBotswana on high alert for Ebola
Botswana’s health ministry on Friday said the country was on high alert for the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic ...
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WHO declares Congo’s Ebola outbreak public health emergency
WHO chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus, who announced the declaration in Geneva, called on countries to “take notice and redouble our efforts”
Read moreEbola: Death toll in DRC rises to 1,540 — WHO
In an update on Friday, the world health body said 2,284 people had been infected since the outbreak in the ...
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Ebola: FG directs ports officials to heighten surveillance
Federal Government has directed port health service officials and other relevant agencies at the points of entry to Nigeria to ...
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Ebola: FAAN reassures Nigerians of adequate measures to prevent outbreak
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria on Thursday reassured Nigerians that adequate measures had been put in place at the ...
Read moreNumber of Ebola cases in Congo exceeds 1,000
The number of Ebola cases in Congo has exceeded 1,000, the country’s health ministry said, as the second-largest outbreak of ...
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Iwu lauds Jonathan, Fashola for funding Ebola research
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Maurice Iwu, on Thursday in Abuja lauded the role played by ...
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Congo approves clinical trials for Ebola
The ministry said health workers have already administered therapeutic treatments to more than 150 Ebola patients since August in an ...
Read moreEbola outbreak in DRC conflict zone ‘remains dangerous, unpredictable’ – UN
The Director General of WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, and UN Peacekeeping chief, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, sated this after a joint mission to ...
Read moreDRC records new cases of deadly Ebola virus – WHO, UNICEF
The World Health Organisation and the UN Children’s Fund confirmed on Friday, saying they have stepped up community-based efforts to ...
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