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FILE: Children walking past a slogan painted on a wall reading 'Ebola' in Monrovia. Picture: AFP.

Ebola in liberia

Boy tests positive for Ebola in latest Liberia flare-up

By Reuters

The child's mother died of Ebola in Monrovia last week, months after Liberia was declared free of the virus.

  •  A file photo taken on 31 August, 2014 shows children walking past a slogan painted on a wall reading 'Ebola' in Monrovia. Picture: AFP.

    5th person dies in Guinea Ebola flare-up

    The latest case was detected in Macenta prefecture, about 200 kilometres from the village of Korokpara.

    2329 days ago
  • Liberian flag. Picture: AFP.

    Liberia shutters Red Cross amid inquest into Ebola spending

    Two Liberian Red Cross officials were suspended in November, accused of misusing $1.8 million in donor funds.

    2341 days ago
  • FILE: Sierra Leone confirmed a new case of Ebola on Wednesday. Picture: AFP.

    Sierra Leone confirms new Ebola case

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

    2391 days ago
  • Volunteer medics preparing to start their work on the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Picture: The WHO official Facebook page.

    Ebola: 1 death recorded in Sierra Leone

    The country was declared free of the virus late last year, and the region as a whole cleared yesterday.

    2397 days ago
  • A file photo taken on 31 August, 2014 shows children walking past a slogan painted on a wall reading 'Ebola' in Monrovia. Picture: AFP.

    Guinea declared free of Ebola virus

    Guinea was declared free of Ebola on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus.

    2414 days ago
  • FILE: A health worker wearing a protective suit. Picture: AFP.

    Liberia's last 2 Ebola patients recover

    Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free in November while Guinea’s last known case recovered two weeks ago.

    2439 days ago
  • FILE: A file photo taken on 31 August, 2014 shows children walking past a slogan painted on a wall reading 'Ebola' in Monrovia. Picture: AFP.

    Boy dies of Ebola in Liberia, first fatality in months

    Liberia has placed under surveillance 153 people who may have come into contact with the boy.

    2448 days ago
  • FILE: According to UN World Health Organisation figures it has killed around 11,300 people out of around 28,500 known cases in Guinea and neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone. Picture: AFP..

    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.

    2475 days ago
  • 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

    Mystery deaths in Sierra Leone spread fear of Ebola relapses

    Doctors say handful of mystery deaths among discharged patients may also be types of Ebola relapses.

    2482 days ago
  • FILE: Liberia entered a 90-day period of heightened surveillance aimed at preventing a future re-emergence of the disease. Picture: AFP.

    Liberia declared Ebola-free... again

    The republic was declared Ebola-free in May but a fresh cluster of cases appeared.

    2531 days ago
  • FILE: In the latest case, a 67-year-old woman from the Kambia District along Sierra Leone’s border with Guinea, died on Saturday. Picture: AFP.

    Dead woman tests positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone

    Sierra Leone’s chief medical officer says two samples tested in Kambia had tested positive for Ebola.

    2534 days ago
  • FILE: Kenya has rejected the request due to fears about the deadly virus. Picture: AFP

    Kenya refuses refuge to chimps from Ebola-hit Liberia

    Ebola has killed more than 11,200 people in the West African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

    2552 days ago
  • 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

    MSF: Ebola vaccine should be free

    The results were described as “remarkable” and “game changing” by global health specialists.

    2564 days ago
  • FILE: A Guinea health worker wearing a protective suit poses at an Ebola Donka treatment centre in Conakry on 8 December, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    UN: Ebola outbreak has not yet run its course

    The worst recorded outbreak of Ebola has already killed more than 11,200 people across West Africa.

    2583 days ago
  • A file photo taken on 31 August, 2014 shows children walking past a slogan painted on a wall reading 'Ebola' in Monrovia. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola-stricken nations need $700m to rebuild healthcare

    WHO said that donors had pledged $1.4 billion of an estimated $2.1 billion required by the three countries.

    2589 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.

    2593 days ago
  •  A file photo taken on 31 August, 2014 shows children walking past a slogan painted on a wall reading 'Ebola' in Monrovia. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola threat to Guinea Bissau rises as border zone heats up

    The Ebola epidemic was detected in Guinea over a year ago and has since killed more than 11,000 people.

    2624 days ago
  • FILE: A file photo taken on 31 August, 2014 shows children walking past a slogan painted on a wall reading 'Ebola' in Monrovia. Picture: AFP.

    Liberia declared Ebola-free

    A total of 11,005 people have died from Ebola in the three West African neighbours since the outbreak.

    2646 days ago
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