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FILE: Sierra Leone confirmed a new case of Ebola on Wednesday. Picture: AFP.

Ebola death toll tops 4900

Sierra Leone confirms new Ebola case

By Reuters

The new patient is a relative who had helped care for the earlier victim, Mariatu Jalloh.

  • Guinean Red Cross workers wearing protective suits carry the corpse of a victim of Ebola in Macenta on November 21, 2014. The World Health Organisation said that 5,420 people have so far died of Ebola across eight countries, out of a total 15,145 cases of infection, since late December 2013. AFP

    Ebola survivors face severe pain, possible blindness

    Thousands of Ebola survivors are the most likely to suffer ongoing medical problems.

    2566 days ago
  • FILE: Response teams were sent to Masambio on Thursday to collect samples for testing. Picture: AFP

    Congo and WHO investigate possible Ebola outbreak

    Response teams were sent to Masambio on Thursday to collect samples for testing.

    2602 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene. Picture: Sapa.

    SA concerned about impact of Ebola on continent's growth

    Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said the virus could reverse some of the gains made in the past years.

    2829 days ago
  • FILE: Health workers from IFRC and MSF take part in a pre-deployment training for staff heading to Ebola-affected countries. Picture: EPA.

    Tourist to SA turned away by US doctor over Ebola fears

    An American man who recently visited only SA says he was turned away by his doctor over fears of Ebola.

    2831 days ago
  • Sierra Leone surgeon Martin Salia was flown to a Nebraska hospital & is sicker than previous Ebola patients in the US. Picture: @Ebolatrends via Twitter

    Critically ill Sierra Leone doctor with Ebola lands in America

    Sierra Leone surgeon Martin Salia was flown to a Nebraska hospital & is sicker than previous patients.

    2832 days ago
  • FILE: A Sierra Leone health worker takes the temperature of a man at a checkpoint in Port Loko district one of the hardest hit areas due to the Ebola virus on 25 October 2014. Picture: EPA.

    SA remains Ebola free

    Minister Jeff Radebe is confident health officials at all ports of entry into SA are trained & on high alert.

    2841 days ago
  • An Ebola sign placed in front of a home in the West Point slum area of Monrovia, Liberia. Picture: EPA.

    SMS service tackles Ebola in Sierra Leone

    The TERA system allows blanket SMS alerts to be sent to people in precise geographical areas.

    2841 days ago
  • A Sierra Leone Red Cross burial team at Jobo Farm in Waterloo outside Freetown disinfects after recovering the bodies of those believed to have died of Ebola. Picture: EPA.

    Australia bows to pressure to step up Ebola fight

    Australia will provide A$20 million to staff a 100-bed treatment centre that will be built by Britain.

    2842 days ago
  • An Ebola sign placed in front of a home in the West Point slum area of Monrovia, Liberia. Picture: EPA.

    AU to engage private sector in fighting Ebola

    The AU will meet with African businesses to discuss ways to raise money to help fight Ebola.

    2845 days ago
  • FILE: The biggest recorded outbreak of the deadly virus has killed around 5,000 people. Picture: AFP.

    KZN man tests negative for Ebola

    The man was tested after complaining of mild symptoms following his return home from Sierra Leone.

    2847 days ago
  • FILE: Liberian health workers in a burial squad carrying the body of an Ebola victim in Monrovia. Picture: EPA.

    Ebola: Dead victims to be shrouded when buried

    The need arose after people who attended a funeral of an Ebola victim in Guinea became infected.

    2847 days ago
  • James Faulk, a man who decorated his Dallas home for Halloween to resemble an Ebola hot spot. Picture: Facebook.com

    Dallas man's 'Ebola Halloween house' draws criticisms

    James Faulk transformed his house by adorning it with blue plastic barrels with orange bio-hazard stickers.

    2848 days ago
  • A girl suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus has her temperature checked at the government hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone, on 16 August 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola slowing in Liberia - WHO

    WHO says the number of burials and new admissions has fallen.

    2849 days ago
  • South African businessman Patrice Motsepe. Picture: The Motsepe Foundation.

    Motsepe urges business to help fight Ebola

    Patrice Motsepe donated $1 million to the Ebola fund in the Republic of Guinea.

    2850 days ago
  • FILE: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.

    US isolates troops, Oz imposes visa ban on Ebola-hit states

    The latest measures have been condemned by health authorities and the UN as extreme.

    2850 days ago
  • FILE: A strike by junior doctors has entered its second day and the timing couldn’t have been worse with the region on high alert over the West African Ebola outbreak. Picture: Supplied.

    Zim doctors' strike enters second day

    The strike has crippled operations at major hospitals in Harare and the second city of Bulawayo.

    2850 days ago
  • A Sierra Leone health worker takes the temperature of a man at a checkpoint in Port Loko district one of the hardest hit areas due to the Ebola virus Sierra Leone 25 October 2014. Picture: EPA.

    Defying stigma, survivors join the Ebola fight in West Africa

    The worst outbreak of Ebola on record has killed 5,000 people in West Africa.

    2850 days ago
  • A volunteer recieves the ebola vaccination "cAd3-EBO-Z" at the vaccines center in Bamako, Mali, 09 October 2014. Human trials of the Ebola vaccine have started in Africa after being trialed in the USA and Great Britain. Three employees of the health department in Mali were the first people in Africa to receive the vaccine. EPA/ALEX DUVAL SMITH

    Claims of US manufacturing Ebola with HIV go viral

    The claim that pharmaceutical companies & the US Defence Dept is manufacturing Ebola with HIV has gone viral.

    2850 days ago
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