ebola outbreak

Democratic Republic of Congo has approved four more experimental treatments against the deadly Ebola virus, the health ministry said as it raced to contain an.... Read more via Reuters – https://ift.tt/2Ptumd2 Get more World News

A Liberian woman who probably caught Ebola in 2014 may have infected three relatives a year after she first fell sick, doctors reported in a study published Monday. There have been previous instances of.... Read more via The Boston Globe – https://ift.tt/2LAW74k Get more World News

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has cautioned against declaring victory too early in Congo’s Ebola epidemic, in spite of encouraging signs that it may be brought under control. “The outbreak is stabilising, but still the outbreak … Read more via PM NEWS Nigeria –...

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Ghebreyesus said he believed a swift end could be put to the outbreak of Ebola in.... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2sZc8G9 Get more World News

The World Health Organisation (WHO) experts said they have recorded 62 Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during this latest outbreak, with 38 confirmations and 27 deaths. Deputy Director-General for Emergency Preparedness and Response of WHO, Dr Peter Salama reported in...

GENEVA (Reuters) – The fight against a deadly Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is giving reason for cautious optimism, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. “It’s stabilizing. We’re optimistic, cautiously optimistic,” he told Reuters. He said...

The United Nations on Wednesday reported that in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, so far, 27 people have died from the Ebola Virus Disease. Speaking to reporters in New York Wednesday (6 Jun), the United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF...

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Saturday they had detected five fresh suspected cases of Ebola in the deadly outbreak afflicting the northwest of the country. Three new cases were recorded in the Bikoro area and two in Wangata, the national health ministry said …...

Despite the continuous spread of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the possibility of the virus crossing into other Sub-Saharan Africa countries, … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2x0vL5S...

A new case of Ebola has emerged in an urban area of Democratic Republic of the Congo, a troubling development in the country's new outbreak of the contagious and often fatal virus. Until now, the outbreak had affected a rural area. Dr. Oly Ilunga, Congo's minister of health, announced Wednesday...

The Federal Government through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday said the country is prepared for another Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak. The assurances is on the sideline of the fatality … Read more via The...

The Democratic Republic of Congo reported 42 cases of the Ebola virus disease in the ongoing outbreak, Jessica Ilunga, spokeswoman for the country’s Ministry of Public Health said on Tuesday. The DRC ministry of health publicly declared the beginning ............ Read more via TODAY.NG –...

Nigerian health workers’ unions on Friday threatened to withhold help for emergency measures against Ebola because of an ongoing strike over pay and conditions. “The strike will go on as long as the government refuses to honour the existing agreement with us,” chairman of the … Read more...

Nigeria’s airports, seaports and land borders have been placed on high alert after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebola this week. CNN Africa’s most populous country is taking no chances and Health Minister Isaac Adewole told CNN that people traveling from the...

The Ebola virus has reared its head again, this time in the Democratic Republic of Congo. While it is impossible to predict exactly where and when the next outbreak will occur, we now know much more about how to prevent a crisis. The news … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2IfkdRg...

The head of the World Health Organisation said on Sunday there has been another reported case of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and that an experimental vaccine to fight the disease is expected to become available in the country this week. Doctor Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, …...

On Wednesday, Nigeria's health ministry ordered measures to be implemented for screening visitors from neighbouring countries. One official at the Nigerian Football Federation said: 'We will stop the game on medical advice because we cannot ...... read more via Mail Online –...

FAAN assures of preparedness Following the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Federal government has activated surveillance activities cross the country to detect and prevent any outbreak of the disease. To this end, letters of alert have been … Read more via The...

At least 17 people have died in an area of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo where health officials have now confirmed an outbreak of Ebola, the health ministry said on Tuesday. It is the ninth time Ebola has been recorded in the central African nation, … Read more via Popular...

Some bush meat sellers in some major markets have said the business is booming again barely two years after the country was declared Ebola Virus Disease free. Some of the bush meat sellers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday that they were fully back to their business...