Madrid (dpa/NAN) ― The Spanish government said that an air force plane was leaving Madrid on Wednesday to pick up a Spanish priest who has tested positive for the Ebola virus in Liberia.
The Spanish Defence Ministry said the plane was leaving Madrid to pick up the patient, in line with the strict security and quarantine...
The article below was written by Dr. Sanjay Gupta for CNN and they are saying an experimental drug called ZMapp likely saved the lives of 2 US missionary doctors who contracted the disease while working in Liberia…see report below from CNN..
Three vials containing an experimental drug stored at subzero temperatures were...
According to CNN Two American missionary workers infected with the deadly Ebola virus were given an experimental drug that
seems to have saved their lives.
Dr. Kent Brantly was given the medication, ZMapp, shortly after telling his doctors he thought he would die, according to a source familiar with his case. Within an hour, doctors...
On Sunday, the Lagos State Government and a few Federal delegates visited theSynagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Prophet Temitope Joshua.
The pastor is known for accepting individuals who have health conditions, to pray for them.
The aim of the visit was for the government to step up its surveillance as well as to tell...
Ahead of the coming African/American Leaders Summit billed for Monday in Washington DC, United States, President Barack Obama, has said some African participants attending will be screened for exposure to the dreaded Ebola virus.
President Goodluck Jonathan along with his aides is among the African leaders expected to attend the...
The current Ebola Virus outbreak in West Africa has become a hot topic – and understandably so, as it has claimed 729 lives since February, and infected over 1,000 people.
What is Ebola Virus?
Ebola virus disease is a severe, often fatal illness. Around 90% of people who catch the disease will die, according...
By Dr. Simbo Davidson
On 22 July 2014, the first case of the dreaded Ebola virus arrived in Nigeria via an Asky aircraft. However, no one knew it at the time. How did this happen? How had this patient been screened at his port of departure, that is Liberia airport? We can also ask ourselves yet another question. Why is it taking so...Gist and Gossip
Some Nigerians have called on the Lagos State government to quarantine Jim Iyke as soon as he Lands in the country and conduct series of tests on him in order to be sure he hasn't been infected with Ebola Virus while he was in Liberia. And it seems Jim is scared, the actor has refused to disclose his location. Lol!
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Unfortunately, there are shocking revelations of the Ebola virus daily.
The Minister of Health Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has revealed that the Federal Government has placed 69 people who had contact with the late Liberian victimPatrick Sawyerr, are on surveillance and while 2 people have been quarantined.
Chukwu also revealed...
A top official at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, has said that one of the people who helped the 40-year-old Liberian, Patrick Sawyer, on the Monrovia-Lome and Lome-Lagos flight may have been infected with the virus.
The reliable source, who is also on the team of experts monitoring the testing and...
It is truly heartbreaking to hear about the numerous individuals that have passed away from the deadly Ebola Virus.
One of the latest casualties of the disease is a 4-month-old baby boy calledFaya, who died in Gueckadou, South East Guinea, BBC reports.
Faya is said to have caught the virus from his mother, who died a...
A man has been tested for Ebola in Birmingham and another has visited a UK hospital over fears he was showing symptoms of the deadly Ebola virus.
The checks come after the Government’s chief scientist warned that deadly diseases such as Ebola are a “potentially major threat” to Britain following the death of an American...Gist and Gossip
RIP Patrick Sawyer.
It has been revealed that the man who recently died of Ebola in Lagos, is also an American citizen who has a wife Decontee Sawyer and three daughters in Minnesota.
The man lived in Minnesota for about a decade, but moved back to Liberia in 2008 but was scheduled to join his family in August. He was...
In spite of the imminent threat of the Ebola Virus in Lagos, striking medical doctors under the aegis of Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, have said they will not suspend the ongoing strike .
The Chairman of the association, Dr Tope Ojo, said the ongoing strike was not called because of Ebola and could...
A medical doctor who has played a key role overseeing and helping fight Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leona has been infected with the disease.
According to CNN, Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan is currently being treated by the French aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) at a hospital in the capital city of...
NAIROBI (PANA/NAN) ― The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on Monday that there should be improved awareness among rural communities in West Africa about the risks of contracting the Ebola virus from eating certain wildlife species.
According to reports Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone...
Ivory Coast has blocked 400 refugees who fled to Liberia from returning home because of fears they could spread the Ebola virus, a UN official has said.
The decision violated domestic and international law, the official added.
Ivory Coast said it could not allow the refugees in because of the Ebola “pandemic” in...
Lagos issues alert on Ebola virus, gives precautionary tips
The Lagos state government has issued an alert on the deadly Ebola virus currently sweeping through some West African countries. The government in a statement signed by the state's Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, issued the alert as a precautionary measure to...