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

Ebola liberia

Liberia's last Ebola contacts finish quarantine

By Reuters

Liberia has lost more than 4,800 people to the haemorrhagic fever out of more than 11,300 total victims.

  • An MSF medical worker, wearing protective clothing at an MSF Ebola treatment facility in Kailahun, on 15 August 2014. Picture: AFP.

    New Ebola case hits Liberia after country declared virus free

    The patient is a 10-year-old boy who lived with his parents and three siblings in Paynesville.

    1978 days ago
  • FILE: Volunteer medics preparing to start their work on the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Picture: The WHO official Facebook page.

    Liberia discharges last known Ebola patient

    Liberias capital Monrovia was once at the heart of an epidemic that killed nearly 10,000 people.

    2238 days ago
  • FILE: Volunteer medics preparing to start their work on the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Picture: The WHO official Facebook page.

    Liberia discharges last known Ebola patient

    Liberia’s capital Monrovia was once at the heart of an epidemic that killed nearly 10,000 people.

    2238 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.

    WHO approves breakthrough 15-minute Ebola test

    The standard laboratory test has a turnaround time of 12-24 hours.

    2251 days ago
  • FILE:Volunteer medics preparing to start their work on the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Picture: The WHO official Facebook page.

    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.

    2259 days ago
  • FILE:Volunteer medics preparing to start their work on the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Picture: The WHO official Facebook page.

    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.

    2291 days ago
  • Volunteer medics preparing to start their work on the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Picture: The WHO official Facebook page.

    '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.

    2296 days ago
  • A man  infected with the Ebola virus lies unconscious in his house on September 4, 2014 at the small city of Banjor, 30 kilometers of Monrovia. he Ebola virus has killed over 1,500 people in four west African countries since the start of the year, spreading through contact with infected bodily fluids.AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET

    Ebola death toll jumps over 8,000

    The WHO says the 8,153 deaths were among 20,656 known cases of the haemorrhagic fever.

    2297 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.

    Ebola survivors to share stories via mobile app

    The Ebola outbreak has killed over 7,900 people with more than 20,000 cases recorded.

    2298 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

    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.

    2301 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.

    Ebola case confirmed in Scotland

    The patient will be transferred to a high-level isolation unit in the Royal Free Hospital in London.

    2304 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.

    Ebola outbreak: Death toll rises to 7,588

    The virus is still spreading intensely in Sierra Leone, especially in the north and west.

    2308 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.

    'Response to West Africa Ebola outbreak too slow'

    A Parliamentary committee has said the WHO and donors responded too slowly to the outbreak.

    2316 days ago
  • FILE: Guinean Red Cross workers wearing protective suits carry the corpse of a victim of Ebola in Macenta on 21 November 2014. AFP

    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.

    2331 days ago
  • FILE: Graca Machel says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has highlighted a crisis of identity on the continent. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    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.

    2342 days ago
  • FILE: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.

    'Ebola's impact on economy might be less than feared

    The cost of the Ebola epidemic for Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy is likely to be closer to $3bn-$4bn.

    2344 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.

    2347 days ago
  • Liberian health workers in a burial squad carrying the body of an Ebola victim in Monrovia in September 2014. Picture: EPA.

    Ebola Chinese team arrives in Liberia to staff clinic

    Health workers are in Liberia where a new Ebola clinic has been built & is fully run by Chinese personnel.

    2348 days ago
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