Another health worker in Texas, United States, US has tested positive to the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, the Centre for Disease Control, CDC said in a statement released today. “A second healthcare worker at Texas Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the index patient has tested positive for Ebola,” the statement said. The health worker…
Ebola: IMF Restates Commitment To African Countries
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has reiterated its commitment towards tackling the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, outbreak in Africa. Christine Lagarde, IMF’s Managing Director, made the disclosure on Friday in Washington DC during a meeting with the president of Guinea. “On behalf of the Fund, my main message today to President Condé and to the…
Ebola: New York’s JFK Airport to commence screening
New York’s JFK airport is to commence screening to try to stem the Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. Passengers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea; the worst-hit countries, will have their temperatures taken and have to answer a series of questions. This comes after the first person died…
Lagos Trains 8,000 Teachers on Ebola
The Lagos State government has trained 8,000 public school teachers on the signs and symptoms of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD. Addressing teachers during a programme organized by the state ministries of Education and Health, Yewande Adeshina, special adviser to the Lagos State governor on Public Health, said aside from the information on enlightenment and…
EBOLA: Health Workers Killed In Guinea
Eight members of a team trying to raise awareness about the Ebola Virus Disease have been killed by villagers using machetes and clubs in Guinea. On Thursday night, government spokesman, Albert Damantang Camara said the victims had been “killed in cold blood by the villagers.” Some of the bodies were discovered in a septic tank…
‘Lagos Now Ebola Free’ – Fashola
The Lagos State Government, LASG, on Friday said the last suspected case of the Ebola Virus Disease in the state had been cleared having tested negative after surveillance. Babatunde Fashola, governor of Lagos State disclosed this on Friday while giving an update on the virus at the Secretariat Central Mosque, Alausa, where he observed Jumat…
Ebola: Sierra Leone Begins Three-Day Lockdown
The government of Sierra Leone had ordered a three-day lockdown to forestall the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD in the country. The aim of the move is to keep people confined to their homes while health workers isolate new cases and prevent Ebola from spreading further. Although the move is thought to be…
Ebola: UNICEF trains 5000 Nigerian teachers
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said it has trained over 5,000 teachers at the Ebola Emergency Operation Centre, EEOC, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on how to save lives, contain the Ebola Virus Disease and avoid stigmatization. Geoffrey Njokwu, the agency’s Communication Specialist (Media and External Relations), in a statement said the training, which…
Ebola: Nigeria, Liberia to receive 20m pairs of gloves
Najib Razak, Malaysia Prime Minister said Nigeria and four African countries would receive 20 million pairs of medical gloves to fight Ebola. The other benefiting countries are Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He said that the donation was in response to the complaints by the medical experts, that the shortage…
US to send troops to fight Ebola in West Africa
Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, is to announce plans on Tuesday to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help in the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD. It is understood that the US military will oversee the building of new treatment centres and help train medical staff. There has been…
