(Reuters) – The West African state of Senegal became the fifth country to be touched by the world’s worst Ebola outbreak on Friday, while riots broke out in neighboring Guinea where infection rates are rising fast. The deadly virus has defied efforts by governments to control it, prompting the leading charity fighting the outbreak Medicines Sans Frontiers to call for the U.N. Security Council to take charge of efforts to stop the epidemic. At least […]
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Death toll due to Ebola outbreak
The death toll due to the Ebola outbreak in west Africa has reached 1,550 according to the World Health Organization, with most cases being recorded in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.
Senegalese WHO doctor with Ebola arrives for treatment in Germany
(Reuters) – A who contracted Ebola while working for the World Health Organisation (WHO)in Sierra Leone arrived in Hamburg on Wednesday for treatment at a tropical medicine unit, becoming Germany’s first patient with the disease. At a news conference on Wednesday the clinic’s tropical medicine specialist said the man would not be given new experimental drugs such as ZMapp but that his treatment would at first focus on managing his symptoms. The Senegalese doctor arrived […]
Food poisoning in Misamis Oriental
A food poisoning incident in the province of Misamis Oriental resulted in 130 people being sent to various hospitals in the country.
Victims of Ebola outbreak continues to rise
According to the World Health Organization, the victims of the Ebola outbreak now stands on 1, 975, a marked rise
Ebola awareness campaign in NAIA
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport will conduct an awareness campaign against the Ebola virus in coordination with the Department of Health and Bureau of Human Quarantine.
DOH will release template for cigarette graphic warning
Next month, the Department of Health will release the template that will be used for the graphic warning which will be used on cigarette packages.
WHO considering the use of experimental treatment against Ebola
The World Health Organization is considering the use of experimental treatment to control the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Second Ebola patient to receive experimental treatment in U.S
Disease experts are weighing in new Ebola treatment as second patient receives experimental treatment.
Ebola virus kills 887
The casualties due to Ebola virus has reached 887 in what is touted as the worst Ebola outbreak.
Sierra Leone, Liberia deploy troops as Ebola toll hits 887
By Umaru Fofana and Clair MacDougall FREETOWN/MONROVIA Mon Aug 4, 2014 9:51pm EDT (Reuters) – Hundreds of troops deployed in Sierra Leone and Liberia on Monday to quarantine communities hit by the deadly Ebola virus, as the death toll from the worst-ever outbreak reached 887 and three new cases were reported in Nigeria. With healthcare systems in the West Africa nations overrun by the epidemic, the African Development Bank and World Bank said they would […]
Sierra Leonne authorities prepare to contain Ebola virus
The country with the highest hit of Ebola virus cases, Sierra Leone is preparing to contain the said the virus.