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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.

Transmission of ebola

Liberia declared Ebola-free

By Reuters

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

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

    Study: Experimental Ebola drug cures lab monkeys

    In the experiment, six rhesus monkeys were infected with huge doses of the Makona strain.

    2663 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

    New Ebola infections continue to drop

    The figures are a further indication that the outbreak, which has killed more than 10,300 people, is waning.

    2691 days ago
  • An MSF medical worker feeds an Ebola child victim at an MSF facility in Kailahun, Sierra Leone on 15 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    MSF report: Ebola epidemic not yet over

    The report also says that the world’s slow reaction to Ebola resulted in 'horrendous consequences'.

    2695 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.

    2764 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.

    2769 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.

    2772 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.

    2782 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 leading doctor dies of Ebola

    Victor Willoughby contracted the virus after treating a man with organ-related problems.

    2789 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.

    2790 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 Sierra Leone 25 October 2014. Picture: EPA.

    Sierra Leone diamond zone hit by Ebola outbreak

    The WHO said on Wednesday that it had sent a response team to the diamond-rich Kono district.

    2796 days ago
  • FILE: Health workers of the IFRC and MSF take part in a pre-deployment training for staff heading to Ebola-affected countries. Picture: EPA.

    Health workers to be sent to fight Ebola

    The Right to Care non-profit organisation says the process will start in January.

    2798 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.

    2804 days ago
  • FILE: Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel. Picture: Pool.

    Graca Machel slams African leaders' response to Ebola

    She said Africans have forgotten the lessons learnt from the HIV/Aids pandemic.

    2816 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

    Ebola: Doctor dies in Mali

    A doctor who treated the patient that sparked a 2nd wave of Ebola in Mali has died.

    2816 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.

    2821 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.

    2822 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.

    2822 days ago
  • FILE: Liberian nurses carry the body of a suspected victim of Ebola at the Sonuwein community in Monrovia, Liberia, 3 October 2014. Picture: Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

    Ebola death toll tops 5,000

    The World Health Organisation says the disease has now claimed at least 5,160 lives.

    2825 days ago
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