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OMG: WHO Confirms That Ebola Crisis Outbreak Has Reached a Death Toll of 4,447

The death toll from the Ebola virus outbreak has risen to 4,447, with the large majority of victims in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.WHO assistant director-general Bruce Aylward also said there could be up to 10,000 new cases a week within two months if efforts were not stepped up, But the rate of new infections in some are

WHO to officially Declare Nigeria Ebola- Free
GOOD: Nigeria Donates $3.5M To Liberia, Sierra Leone & Guinea To Fight Ebola

Nigeria has lend a helping hand to Ebola-torn West African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.In support of Ebola eradication effort in West Africa, Nigeria had already donated $3.5 to the affected countries.This was made known yesterday by Nigeria’s health minister Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu.He said the sum was made up of $500,000 to each

US Ebola Victim, Thomas Eric Duncan Dies After Battle With The Virus In Texas

Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola within the US has died. Thomas Eric Duncan, who caught the virus in his native Liberia, was being kept in isolation in a Dallas hospital and receiving experimental drugs. According to BBC, a statement released by Texas hospital officials, reads: "It is with pro
Chinese Embassy Denies Nigerian Students Visa on Grounds of Ebola

The Chinese Embassy in Nigeria has denied visas to some students of Ekiti State University on the grounds of Ebola despite the World Health Organization declaring Nigeria an Ebola free country. The students were invited to participate in ENACTUS 2014 (Entrepreneurial Action Us), an international competition of young entrepreneurs involving 36 count

"Super Ebola" - New Bug, Marburg Fever Emerges In Uganda, Kills One.

Hmmmm...This is scary,I hope this does not find its way into Nigeria oooh.A man has died in Uganda's capital after an outbreak of Marburg, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, authorities said on Sunday, adding that a total of 80 people who came into contact with him were quarantined. Marburg starts with a severe headach
PAY ATTENTION! My Balloon Performance Was Not For Ebola Protection - Akon Warns

There was news that the recent performance of Akon in Africa covered with balloon was to protect himself from the deadly ebola.However, Akon has refuted this, saying that he has been using balloon in performances for years. According to him,"It's sad how the media spin everything so negatively. I would never intentionally isolate myself

Man Who 'Died' from Ebola, Wakes after almost being buried

APC news agency journalist has become an eyewitness of surprising and at the same time frightening events. The man who was supposed to have died from Ebola virus awaked after almost being buried, in Monrovia, Liberia. The unbelievable accident took place when the journalist together with his producer saw a burial team working along the roadway sur
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Days before he became the first person diagnosed with Ebola on American soil, Thomas Eric Duncan answered "no" to questions about whether he had cared for a patient with the deadly virus. And now, the Liberian government says they "will seek to prosecute" if Duncan lied on his health screening questionnaire before leaving W

NOT AGAIN! Another American Working In Liberia Tests Positive for Ebola

Another American has been infected with the ebola virus while working in Liberia. The 33-year-old man, who was not identified by name, was working as a freelance camera operator for NBC News as part of a crew of five that featured the network's top medical reporter Dr. Nancy Snyderman, who has been in Monrovia reporting on the outbreak. That
America records first case of Ebola Texas man tests positive to Ebola in the US

The first case of the deadly Ebola virus diagnosed on US soil has occurred. A Texas man who just returned from Liberia to the US has tested positive to the deadly Ebola virus.Announcing the development today September 30th, America's Center for Disease Control said the unidentified man was asymptomatic when he arrived back from Liberia recent

Ebola Virus Outbreak: A First-Hand Liberian Narrates Her Tragic Story

Princess Mayers sobs as she describes how Ebola has destroyed her life. The 17-year-old Liberian had already suffered profoundly before the deadly virus struck the country. Aged 14 and an orphan, she was forced to work as a prostitute to survive, and bore a child. A British charity called Street Child found her in the streets of West Point, one
Ebola: Lagos clears last suspect, affirms Sept. 22 resumption date.

The Lagos State Government on Friday said the last suspected case of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the state had been cleared having tested negative after surveilance.Governor Babatunde Fashola disclosed this while giving an update on the virus at the Secretariat Central Mosque, Alausa, where he observed Jumat Prayers.The governor said the devel

ENCOURAGING! 1,264 Schools Get Ebola Preventive Items In Abuja

No fewer than 1,264 schools within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja will be equipped with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) preventive items as the September 2nd resumption date nears.According to the FCT Secretary for Education, Malam Kabir Usman, the FCT Administration has already commenced the distribution of the the items as directed by the F
How Patrick Sawyer Lied To Us – Ebola Survivors Recount Ordeal To Fashola

Last night,Governor Fashola hosted five survivors of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at the State House, Alausa.They recounted their ordeals and how God saved them.Of the visiting survivors, three of them – Dr. Morris Ibeawuchi, Dr. Adaora Igonoh and Dr. Akinniyi Fadipe – are medical practitioners with the First Consultants Medical Centre, the L

Man Arrested For Importing Expired Hand Sanitisers To Nigeria, Ebola Money Maker

NAFDAC officials have arrested 2 men selling unapproved Ebola test kits and expired hand sanitizers in Lagos state Nigeria.The DG of the National Food and drug administration agency, Dr Paul Orhii made this known today at NAFDAC’s branch in Lagos.According to him, unscrupulous members of the society have decided to cash in on the unfortunate Ebo

NEWS: Gov. Fashola Hosted Ebola Survivors At His Office Yesterday

Lagos state Governor,Babatunde Fashola, yesterday September 18,2014, hosted some Ebola survivors at his office at the state Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja. Speaking with the survivors, the governor commended them for coming forward to share their experiences, saying that they are proof that the disease is not a death sentence.The survivors in attend

BREAKING! Malaysia Reports Suspected Ebola Case

Kuala Lumpur (Xinhua/NAN) A 24-year-old Zimbabwean student is currently under observation for Ebola in eastern Malaysian state of Sarawak, on Monday a local official in Health department said.The student fell ill on Saturday and had been transferred to Sarawak General Hospital isolation ward from a private hospital.Sarawak Public Health Assistant
Ebola In Liberia, Death Toll Rises to 2400 As No More Bedspace To treat Patients

The head of the World Health Organisation, Margaret Chan has warned that the spiraling tropical Ebola epidemic demands a stronger and faster response from the international community.“In the three hardest-hit countries, the number is moving faster than the capacity to manage them,” she told reporters in Geneva.The alarm came as the UN said its

SAD! Heartbreaking Photo-Ebola Patient left to die outside Liberian Hospital

This is so sad.Meanwhile, in Nigeria,the Minsiter of Health confirmed that the OAU student has tested Negative to Ebola .Nigeria's Current #EVD Status is 19 confirmed cases, 7 dead, 12 survivors. No single confirmed Ebola case currently. Dr Amevoh of First Consultants hospital will be laid to rest today.. CLICK HERE TO READ SHOCK
South African Woman With Ebola Arrested At Lagos Nigeria Airport [PHOTOS]

Confusion At Muritala Mohammed International Airport In Ikeja Lagos Over EbolaA woman from South Africa has been arrested by Officials of Lagos State Health Ministry in Lagos after she showed signs of EVD (Ebola Virus Disease).The woman (identity withheld) told authorities she had worked with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone and Guinea.The resident

Fashola To Prosecute Employers, Landlord For Sacking Ebola Survivors

The Lagos State Government says it is ready to prosecute employers and landlords of two Ebola survivors in the State who have lost their jobs and homes, despite them being declared Ebola-free. The two cases of stigmatisation had already been referred to the Ministry of Justice for prosecution.Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris disclosed this
Ebola Outbreak in Liberia is Getting Seriously Worse,Over 1000 Deaths Reported

Liberia is facing a "serious threat" to its national existence as the deadly Ebola virus "spreads like wildfire" there, its defence minister says.Brownie Samukai told the UN Security Council that the international response to the crisis was "less than robust".The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that thousan

Ebola In Osun State As Female OAU Student Contracts Virus From Late Doctor

Tension took over the entire campus of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile Ife yesterday following the discovery of a suspected Ebola virus host.A female student was admitted at the OAU Health Center over a suspected Ebola infection after she confessed that she had contact with the late Port Harcourt Doctor, Iyke EnemuoThe Health Commissioner, Dr Te
Chris Bassey (Actor) Arrested For Playing An Ebola Joke On Arik Air.

A Hoax call was made by Chris Bassey,a Nigerian actor last week to an airline. He made out a call to Arik to be precise about a girl infected with ebola virus and the plane was made to land at the international instead of GAT.The flight originated from Enugu and was to terminate in Lagos. Arik officials moved in swiftly and everyone on the plane

Ebola Vaccine Works 100 Percent on Monkeys

Vaccinated monkeys have developed "long-term" immunity to the Ebola virus, raising a prospect of successful human trials, say scientists.The experiments by the US National Institutes of Health showed immunity could last at least 10 months.Human trials of the vaccine started this week in the US and will extend to the UK and Africa.The Wor

SEE GOBE: Ebola Virus Hits Abakaliki, Ebonyi, Doctors & Nurses Flee Hospital For Safety

capture1There was serious tension at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Abakaliki today following a suspected case of Ebola virus infection.The trouble started when a doctor told his colleagues that an Ebola patient has been admitted in the hospital.The false alarm led doctors, nurses and patients to scamper out of the hospital premises.“As we sp
Dr Ike Enemuo's Wife Dies Of Ebola

LAGOS (AFP) – The Federal Government on Wednesday announced that a seventh person had died from Ebola and another person was confirmed as having the virus.The latest death was a patient at the isolation ward in the oil city of Port Harcourt, where a doctor died on August 22 after treating a man who had brought the disease into the state.
The First British Ebola patient, William Pooley, Has Been Discharged

William Pooley, the first British National who tested positive to the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone on August 23rd has been discharged from the Royal Free Hospital in London. He was discharged today September 3rd after being successfully treated with the experimental drug, ZMappThe 29 year old volunteer nurse was transported from Sierra Leone
Funny! Mikel Obi Storms Super Eagles Camp Wearing Ebola Gloves

Guess Mikel Obi like the rest of us is scared of contracting the Ebola virus. According to multiple eye witnesses, the Super Eagles midfielder arrived at the Eagles Calabar camp this afternoon wearing protective hand gloves. When asked by coach Stephen Keshi why he was wearing gloves, Mikel reportedly replied "Coach I have up to four hand