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Ebola: Glimmer of hope for West Africa
The WHO ruled that it’s ethical to offer unproven treatment to infected people.
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Richards Bay Ebola fears dispelled
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says no ship has been placed under special quarantine.
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Ebola: Death toll climbs over 1,000
The WHO says 1,013 people have died from the disease which is plaguing West African countries.
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Clinical trial to start soon on GSK Ebola vaccine
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, is co-developing the product with US scientists.
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Ebola vaccine will be ready by 2015
WHO says it expects a vaccine to be rushed through the trial process and become available by next year.
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Fears Ebola will spread out of control
Ebola is believed to have infected 1,779 people, killing 961 from the start of the outbreak earlier this year.
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'Ebola an international health emergency'
The WHO says West Africa's Ebola epidemic is an “extraordinary event”.
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'Hero doctor' treated 100 Ebola patients
Doctor Sheik Omar Khan was the country’s only Ebola specialist who ended up dying from the disease.
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SA ready to combat Ebola
Experts have equipped Tygerberg Hospital to deal with any possible cases of Ebola in SA.
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City apologises for bogus Ebola case
An email circulated by a city official claimed a person had been diagnosed with the virus.
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Zim withdraws peacekeepers in Liberia
Zimbabwe has both police and prison officers serving in the Ebola-hit West African country.
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Ebola outbreak: West Africa pleads for help
The death toll in West Africa has climbed to 932 in the world’s worst Ebola outbreak.
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SADC takes preventative measures against Ebola
SADC health ministers met to implement measures to stop Ebola from spreading to Southern Africa.
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SA steps up Ebola fight
SA will send a mobile lab to West Africa to bolster treatment in countries affected by the epidemic.
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Ebola death toll hits 932
The outbreak of the disease has prompted the deployment of troops to quarantine the worst-hit areas.
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Nigeria records second Ebola fatality
The nurse had been involved in the treatment of a Liberia and US citizen who died of Ebola in Lagos.
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Ebola: SADC health ministers to meet
The ministers will meet in Gauteng to discuss the outbreak which has already claimed nearly 900 lives.
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8 suspected Ebola cases in Nigeria
Authorities have been monitoring anyone who came into close contact with Patrick Sawyer.
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Fear of Ebola hampers official response
The Ebola virus has killed 227 people so far in Liberia and at least 826 people in the region.
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Ebola stricken US doctor recovering
Dr Kent Brantly, a 33-year-old father of two young children, is improving.
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Cameroon cholera outbreak worsens
A cholera epidemic in Cameroon killed 65 people and infected about 1,300 people in two months.
