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Liberian Red Cross health workers wearing protective suits carry the body of a victim of the Ebola virus out of a garage on 10 September, 2014 in a district of Monrovia. Picture: AFP

Deadly ebola virus outbreak in uganda

EU questions Ebola screening at airports

By Thando Kubheka

The EU has questioned the effectiveness of screening passengers leaving Ebola-hit countries.

  • A worker in a Personal Protection Equipment suit (PPE) uses a stick to move garbage inside the high-risk quarantined zone of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia on 5 September,2014. Picture: AFP.

    Zimbabwe: Ebola scare patient to be discharged, suffers from Malaria

    Doctors plan to discharge a patient who caused an Ebola scare, saying she was only suffering from Malaria.

    2385 days ago
  • A member of the Hazmat crew carries a barrel down stairs from the apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan the Ebola patient was staying in Dallas, Texas on 3 October 2014. EPA/Larry Smith.

    Ebola screening starts at JFK airport

    Medical teams have started screening travellers from three West African countries at New York’s JFK airport.

    2385 days ago
  • FILE: World Health Organisation volunteers putting up a banner warining people about the realness of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Picture: Official WHO Facebook page.

    Ebola: Liberia's top doctor in quarantine

    Bernice Dahn is the latest senior medical official to be directly affected by Ebola.

    2398 days ago
  • FILE: Liberian Red Cross health workers wearing protective suits carry the body of a victim of the Ebola virus in a district of Monrovia. Picture: AFP.

    IMF: Ebola will hit West Africa economic growth

    The IMF said economic growth in Sierra Leona was likely to fall to 8 percent from 11.3 percent this year.

    2415 days ago
  • FILE: The Ebola death toll in West Africa has risen above 2,000. Picture: AFP.

    Nigeria testing SA national for Ebola

    A woman is showing potential symptoms after working in Guinea and Sierra Leone.

    2416 days ago
  • FILE: A worker inside the high-risk quarantined zone of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia on 5 September, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Liberia urges more international help fighting Ebola

    The death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak in history has hit at least 2,296 across West Africa.

    2417 days ago
  • Patients suffering from Ebola sit at the French NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without borders) Elwa hospital in Monrovia, on 21 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola: Health experts to meet

    Health experts are meeting in Geneva to get a global strategy on how to stop the transmission of Ebola.

    2422 days ago
  • FILE: A man prepares to take off his protective suit at Biankouma's hospital during a simulation, on 14 August 2014. Picture: AFP.

    MSF calls for greater global response to fight Ebola

    MSF says biological disaster response teams are needed to support West Africa’s buckling healthcare systems.

    2424 days ago
  • Patients suffering from Ebola sit at the MSF-run Elwa hospital in Monrovia, on 21 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola hits DRC

    Two people have reportedly died in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the virus.

    2433 days ago
  • FILE: A member of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) putting on protective gear at the isolation ward of the Donka Hospital in Conakry, where people infected with the Ebola virus are being treated. Picture: AFP.

    Acsa to implement Ebola measures

    Officials at OR Tambo International Airport introduced a thermal scanning machine to detect high fevers.

    2440 days ago
  • A nurse wears protective clothing as he demonstrates the facilities in place at the Royal Free Hospital in north London on 6 August 2014, in preparation for a patient testing positive for the Ebola virus. Picture: AFP.

    Govt: We have no reason to hide Ebola cases

    Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says it’s not in government’s interest to hide suspected Ebola cases in SA.

    2443 days ago
  • A nurse wears protective clothing as he demonstrates the facilities in place at the Royal Free Hospital in north London on 6 August 2014, in preparation for a patient testing positive for the Ebola virus. Picture: AFP.

    AU pledges $1 million to stop Ebola

    The African Union has pledged $1 million to support global efforts to stop the spread of Ebola.

    2444 days ago
  • An agent of the national public health institute poses with a thermometer at the airport, in Abidjan on 12 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Richards Bay Ebola fears dispelled

    The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says no ship has been placed under special quarantine.

    2446 days ago
  • A picture taken on 24 July 2014 shows a staff member of the Christian charity Samaritan's Purse spraying product as he treats the premises outside the ELWA hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia. Picture: AFP.

    SADC takes preventative measures against Ebola

    SADC health ministers met to implement measures to stop Ebola from spreading to Southern Africa.

    2451 days ago
  • An employee disinfects an office in Monrovia where offices were closed for disinfection against the epidemic of the haemorrhagic fever Ebola on 1 August 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Nigeria records second Ebola fatality

    The nurse had been involved in the treatment of a Liberia and US citizen who died of Ebola in Lagos.

    2452 days ago
  • Members of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) wear protective gear at the isolation ward of the Donka Hospital in Conakry on 23 July, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola: SADC health ministers to meet

    The ministers will meet in Gauteng to discuss the outbreak which has already claimed nearly 900 lives.

    2452 days ago
  • FILE: SAA says it has no reason to cancel its West Africa flights despite the region battling what has been described as the worst outbreak of the Ebola virus in human history. Picture: AFP.

    SAA: No plans to suspend West Africa flights

    The region is battling the worst-ever Ebola outbreak in human history.

    2453 days ago
  • Health specialists prepare for work in an isolation ward for patients at the Doctors Without Borders facility in Guékedou, southern Guinea. Picture: AFP.

    Troops deployed to fight Ebola

    The troops were deployed in Sierra Leone and Libera under an emergency plan to fight the Ebola outbreak.

    2454 days ago
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