Ebola could be the 'humanitarian disaster of our generation'
That’s according to Oxfam, which works in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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That’s according to Oxfam, which works in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Yes, it’s here. Yes, it’s bad.
In 1976 a young Belgian doctor ventured across what was then Zaire to find the source of the infection.
Ron Klain is Barack Obama’s “Ebola czar”.
The woman is said to have no symptoms and to be at low risk to the guests and crew.
Thirty five Ebola survivors told how they the disease had prevented them returning to their old lives.
Sierra Leone is a very friendly, sociable place but that is changing. People are avoiding church and the mosque, and shops have chlorine buckets outside for people to wash their hands before they enter.
The cash, which came from Colombia, is a tiny fraction of the $1 billion that the UN has estimated it needs to fight the epidemic.
Plans are in place for a number of different scenarios.
A passenger travelling from Lagos in Nigeria is reported to have a fever and shivers
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All came back negative.
The officials now admit she should not have been allowed to take the flight.
“Obviously everyone in this country hopes that the Ebola virus is a problem that we never have to deal with”.
President Barack Obama said that ‘SWAT-like’ response teams are needed.
Ninety-five Liberian health workers have died so far in the epidemic.
The worker also treated a man who died from the virus.
Researchers calculated which countries are most at risk for imported cases of Ebola.
Facebook’s CEO said that the virus must be brought under control soon, before it becomes a “long-term global health crisis”.
Meanwhile, a second US patient, Nina Pham, said she was “blessed”.
The owners of the domain name say they’ve received “many inquiries” about it over the years, but have yet to sell it.
There was uproar when it was suggested that the dog of a Spanish Ebola patient be put down.
With the Ebola virus breaking borders, people have been urged not to panic and read up on the facts.
It will be expanded into Gatwick and the Eurostar by the end of next week.
The Director of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre said we’ve moved into an emergency plan.
The World Health Organisation has said Ebola ‘threatens the very survival of societies and governments in already very poor countries’.
“I’m well & will be training as usual tomorrow,” Essien said last night.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has confidence in Ireland’s plans.
Everyone’s talking about the Ebola patient in the US, water charges and the remote control for the Sean O’Casey Bridge that went missing…
The health worker was in the lower pool of those at risk and was wearing a protective gown, gloves and a mask.
The New York airport is the first of five American airports to start the screening.
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This brings the number currently being monitored for Ebola symptoms to 16.
It features actors, a fake COBRA meeting and a Navy gunship.
The UN Special Envoy on the virus says speed is of the essence.
Nurses want to know what contingency plans and alert systems are in place.