•Healthcare workers put on personal protective equipment (PPE) The fatal Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading rapidly, the World Health Organisation warned today, despite accelerating efforts to tackle the virus The WHO said it was still racing to catch up with the worsening situation gripping northeastern DRC, repo...
•Ebola outbreak The Ebola outbreak in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading into new areas, the World Health Organisation warned today. Much more needs to be done to get on top of the virus, the WHO said, with isolation bed capacity far below the anticipated need, based on how it is spreading, reports […]
•Healthcare workers The federal government has intensified health screening at airports, seaports and land borders as part of efforts to prevent the entry of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) into Nigeria amid an outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain in parts of East and Central Africa. The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said there is [&hel...
•Ebola outbreak A pre-World Cup friendly involving the Democratic Republic of Congo has been cancelled by the mayor of the Spanish town hosting the match over health concerns regarding the Ebola outbreak in the African country. “I have signed the decree banning the holding of the June 9 match between the Democratic Republic of Congo […]...
•Ebola outbreak The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kano, Rivers and six additional states on high Ebola preparedness alert, after a new risk assessment classified Nigeria’s likelihood of importing the Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease as “high.” In a national public ...
•Ebola outbreak Squeezed onto the back of a motorcycle, clearly exhausted and symptomatic, a young woman arrived at Rwampara hospital, where overwhelmed health workers have found themselves on the front line of a deadly Ebola outbreak. The town in the violence-hit east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the centres of a […]
•Ebola outbreak The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has warned that Nigeria faces a high risk of importing the Ebola virus disease (EVD) due to ongoing outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. Despite the absence of any confirmed case in the country, the agency said heightened regional transmissi...
•Ebola outbreak The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that 10 African countries are at risk of being affected by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Central and East Africa. The head of the agency, Jean Kaseya, disclosed this today while addressing concerns over the spread of the virus beyond the Democratic Republic [&hell...
•Ebola outbreak Uganda said today it had confirmed three new cases of Ebola, bringing to five the total since the virus outbreak was discovered in the East African country on May 15. “Three new cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have been confirmed in the country,” the health ministry said, naming the patients as […]
Stakeholders in the air transport sector have urged airline operators to avoid transporting individuals suspected of showing symptoms associated with Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in order to minimise the risk of cross-border transmission. The call followed a disclosure by Port Health Services, PHS, that advanced screening and monitoring measures ...
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