The number of people with Ebola is set to hit 10,000 in West Africa, the World Health Organization said, as the scramble to find a cure gathered pace. The UN’s public health body said 9,936 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — the three countries at the epicentre of[…]
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says Ebola has brought her country to “a standstill” and that West Africa is at risk of losing an entire generation to the disease. “Across West Africa, a generation of young people risk being lost to an economic catastrophe as harvests are missed, markets are[…]
Fidel Castro, the 88-year-old former Cuban leader, has said his country is ready to work with the US in the battle against Ebola, saying that such co-operation would be in the interest of “the peace of the world”. Cuba has already sent 165 doctors and nurses to help fight Ebola[…]
Senegal has been declared free of Ebola after 42 days passed without a new confirmed case, the World Health Organisation has said. “WHO officially declares the Ebola outbreak in Senegal over and commends the country on its diligence to end the transmission of the virus,” the UN health agency said[…]
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa kills seven out of 10 victims and new cases could hit 10,000 a week within two months if it is not brought under control, the World Health Organisation has said. Dr Bruce Aylward, WHO’s assistant director-general, said on Tuesday that the death rate was[…]
A Texas health-care worker has become the first person to contract Ebola on American soil, authorities say, causing concern that safety precautions taken by medical staff could be insufficient. Senior US health officials said on Sunday a breach of protocol was to blame for the new Ebola patient – the[…]
While no cases of Ebola have been reported in South Africa, the country is ready for a possible outbreak, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Friday. “It’s not that we are just starting now. We are just ramping up efforts to fight the virus that started in December,” he said.[…]
The outbreak of Ebola in Africa highlighted the need for improved health care on the continent, former president Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday. “Ebola underlined that there is an urgent challenge to attend to the health infrastructure on the continent — the infrastructure to diagnose this properly and deal with[…]
The US state of Missouri is bracing for a new wave of racial unrest after another black teenager was killed by an off-duty white cop. The shooting of Venderrit D. Myers, the third fatal incident of a black male by Missouri police, happened as activists and other protesters prepared for[…]
Health authorities in many European countries have been preparing for the possible arrival of suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola, following guidelines issued by the World Health Organisation. The British government announced on Thursday it was stepping up its Ebola screening at airports, responding to growing public fears about the[…]
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