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The Lagos State Government on Thursday advised the public to maintain adequate personal and environmental hygiene to prevent a relapse…
Nigeria on Wednesday raised the alarm of the possibility of a resurgence of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease with the…
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday in Geneva that Liberia has lost its Ebola-free status after the confirmation of…
“Operation Northern Push” emanated from directives by President Ernest Koroma in his message to the country restating his desire to get the country to a resilient zero, as quickly as possible
A police team led by one Inspector Adamu from the Analytical Tracking and Interception unit under the Inspector General of Police monitoring team had stormed the ministry at the Phase 11 of the Federal Secretariat to arrest top officials in the ministry
“The sexual transmission of the Ebola Virus from males to females is a strong possibility, but has not yet been proven; less probable, but theoretically possible
He said the efficacy trials were to determine whether the vaccine produces the expected result under ideal circumstances
The African football governing body emphasized that all visitors from other African countries must be screened before entering the Leopoldo Sedar Senghor International Airport, Dakar
The move is to test the efficacy and effectiveness of the new vaccine to prevent Ebola
The presidents of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, the hardest hit by the Ebola epidemic, which has killed over 8,000 people, would attend the international conference, which will be held in Brussels
Mugabe in his acceptance speech assured of the Union effort to end the crises, including the war in South Sudan and Central African Republic, as well as the new offensive in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Kone officially declared Mali free of Ebola virus disease, because 42 days had elapsed after the last Ebola case tested negative in laboratory tests on December 6, 2014
Those who show any signs of the contagious virus or who refused to be examined, could be quarantined for up to 21 days
This was contained in statement issued by the UN Health Agency on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya
Local media reported that the man, in his 30s, said he had no direct contact with Ebola patients but he “touched with his bare hands” a bag containing a body on December 17
Subsequent to the figures posted on December 17 on the WHO website, the data, posted on Saturday, indicated about 500 new deaths from the worst ever outbreak of the virus
“The cumulative number of cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone totalled 17,800, including 7,719 in Liberia and 7,798 in Sierra Leone,” WHO said
The initiative, operating under the hash tag ‘#AfricaAgainstEbola’, will use an SMS dedicated platform to raise funds for the deployment of African health workers to affected countries
The #StopEbola campaign will be led by the TFAA Young Person of the Year 2013, Ashish Thakkar, and Africa’s leading creative icons – Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and France-based Asa Elemide