Tag: Ebola
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Fresh Ebola outbreak: Officials confirm death of 17 persons
Health officials have now confirmed the death of 17 persons in a fresh Ebola outbreak that occurred in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the ninth time Ebola has been recorded in the central African nation, whose eastern Ebola river gave the deadly virus its name when it was discovered there in the 1970s,…
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Ebola strikes again in DRC
Two cases of the Ebola virus disease have been confirmed by a lab report in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to a source from the Ministry of Health on Tuesday. In the 2014 to 2015 outbreak, 11,000 people died, mainly in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia; and the last outbreak of Ebola in…
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Nigeria develops Ebola, Malaria herbal drugs
The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) says it has successfully researched and developed six traditional herbal products for the treatment of Ebola, Malaria and other diseases. The NIPRD Director-General, Prof. Karniyus Gamaniel, said this while presenting the score card of his eight-year tenure (2009 to 2017) in Abuja on Friday. The programme,…
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Ebola, Lassa Fever: Don’t drop your guards yet, NMA warns FG, Nigerians
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has alerted Nigerians on the need to be alert on the outbreak of the Lassa fever and Ebola viruses by not dropping the preventive measures as highlighted in 2013 when the epidemic broke out. This was revealed in an interview on Monday by Dr. Tunde Olawepo, the Chairman of the…
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Ebola: FG may sanction Kenya Airways for repatriating corpse from Congo
The Federal Government may sanction Kenya Airways for conveying a corpse from Ebola-affected Democratic Republic of Congo to Nigeria. The Lagos State Commissioner For Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who spoke at a joint briefing organised by the state agency and the Federal Ministry of Heath, Abuja, said the airline did not obtain the necessary approval…
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WHO admits slow response to Ebola
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday admitted It responded “too slow” in its handling of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The Director-General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan, at the 70th World Health Assembly in Geneva, also regretted that the virus had recently re-emerged near the border of the Democratic Republic of the…
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Ebola: No screening points, machines at Seme border – Investigation
Screening points, detecting machines, hand sanitisers and other measures to prevent an Ebola outbreak in the country have yet to be provided at the Seme border. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the World Health Organisation (WHO) last week announced the outbreak of Ebola disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), prompting countries to raise their level…
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Ebola: FG orders screening of passengers at airports to check spread
The Federal Government has ordered health workers to intensify screening of passengers coming into the country as part of deliberate efforts to check possible spread of Ebola virus. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which was…
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WHO confirms second Ebola case in Congo
The World Health Organisation on Monday confirmed that a second Ebola case in Congo. “So far there are 19 suspect cases, including three deaths and two lab-confirmed cases,” a WHO spokesperson in Geneva said via e-mail. The first case was confirmed on Friday in Bas-Uele province in the north-east. The WHO has said the outbreak…
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Ebola: FG increases screening at major airports
The Federal Government has deployed additional personnel, thermal scanners and sanitisers to Lagos and Abuja airports in order to prevent Ebola outbreak in Nigeria. The World Health Organisation recently confirmed the death of at least one person as a result of Ebola in the North-East of Congo Acting General Manager, Public Affairs, FAAN, Henrietta Yakubu…