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WHO declares an end to second Ebola outbreak in Guinea
The UN body said it had delivered around 24,000 vaccine doses to Guinea and that 11,000 people at high risk had received shots, including more than 2,800...
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WHO: Guinea declared free of active Ebola transmission
Guinea will now enter a 90-day period of heightened surveillance to make sure new cases don’t spread.
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Guinea records 3 new cases of Ebola, brings total to 9
The three were infected in Forecariah in western Guinea from the family of a woman who died of Ebola.
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New Ebola cases in Guinea, Sierra Leone
The WHO says it is setting up a $100 million contingency fund in case of a massive outbreak.
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Liberia discharges last known Ebola patient
Liberias capital Monrovia was once at the heart of an epidemic that killed nearly 10,000 people.
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Liberia discharges last known Ebola patient
Liberia’s capital Monrovia was once at the heart of an epidemic that killed nearly 10,000 people.
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WHO approves breakthrough 15-minute Ebola test
The standard laboratory test has a turnaround time of 12-24 hours.
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West Africa sees spike in Ebola cases as decline stalls
Efforts to wipe out the deadly virus were being hampered by people’s mistrust of health workers.
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China toughens travel restrictions on West Africans
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied there was any change in visa policy for West African applicants.
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'Ebola volunteers should be praised not stigmatised'
Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have borne the brunt of the 20,000 infections and nearly 8,000 deaths.
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Ebola survivors to share stories via mobile app
The Ebola outbreak has killed over 7,900 people with more than 20,000 cases recorded.
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Sierra Leone's president calls for week of fasting for Ebola
The worst outbreak on record of the virus is still spreading in West Africa, especially in Sierra Leone.
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Ebola case confirmed in Scotland
The patient will be transferred to a high-level isolation unit in the Royal Free Hospital in London.
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Ebola outbreak: Death toll rises to 7,588
The virus is still spreading intensely in Sierra Leone, especially in the north and west.
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Guinea to prepare for Afcon in Morocco
The Guinea Football Federation says the side will play Morocco’s under-23 side in El Jadida on 10 January.
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'Response to West Africa Ebola outbreak too slow'
A Parliamentary committee has said the WHO and donors responded too slowly to the outbreak.
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Ebola spreading in western S Leone, Guinea's forest
The death toll in West Africa has risen to 6,331 in the three worst hit countries.
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Ebola batters economies of hardest hit countries
The World Bank said growth estimates for the three countries hardest hit by Ebola had tumbled since October.
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Ebola: Machel urges African leaders to seek help on continent
Graca Machel says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has highlighted a crisis of identity on the continent.
