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September 6, 2016

Five new cases of Lassa fever discovered in Plateau

The Plateau State Health Commissioner, Dr. Kuden Kamshak on Tuesday said the state has reported four new cases of Lassa fever. He disclosed this while speaking to journalists in Jos. Kamshak said samples from the victims have been taken to Delta Sate for analysis and investigation. He said two have tested positive to the virus... Read More

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Ebola scare hits Calabar | YNaija.com

October 8, 2015

Ebola scare in Calabar, 10 quarantined, FG dispatches medical team

The death of a patient with Ebola-like symptoms, at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, has created panic among residents of the city. The patient, who was vomiting, stooling and bleeding from nose, was brought in from Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State with high body temperature. The unidentified patient would eventually die after samples had... Read More

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October 8, 2014

#Ebola: Police and protesters clash in Spain over killing of Ebola victim’s dog

by Temitope Onitiju Spanish Police and animal rights protesters have reportedly clashed outside the building where the nurse who got infected with Ebola lives, over the planned killing of the victim’s dog. The animal rights group, want the Spanish mixed-breed dog, Excalibur, to be allowed to live, but the government is determined to have it... Read More

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September 28, 2014

“She quarantined herself” – Deputy health minister does the needful after assistant dies from Ebola

by Kolapo Olapoju Liberia’s deputy health minister and chief medical officer, Bernice Dahn, has voluntarily placed herself under quarantine for 21 days, after one of her assistants died from the Ebola virus disease. The Liberian government disclosed this to Reuters on Saturday, 27 September, commending Dahn’s decision to put herself into quarantine. Isaac Jackson, Liberia’s... Read More

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September 12, 2014

Nollywood actor arrested for placing hoax Ebola call to Arik Airline flight

by Azubuike Azikiwe Actor, Kingsley Chris Bassey, has been arrested for disrupting a flight, after making a false alert that a passenger aboard had the Ebola virus. He placed a hoax call to a recent Arik Air flight from Enugu to Lagos, that a female passenger who was travelling on the flight was infected with... Read More

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September 11, 2014

#Ebola: OAU management say female student tests negative for virus

by Azubuike Azikiwe The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has announced that the female student of the institution who was suspected to have the Ebola virus disease has tested negative to the virus. According to the institution’s spokesperson, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, the student, who was moved to Lagos State after showing Ebola-like... Read More

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September 5, 2014

#Ebola: Nigerian quarantined in South Korea

by Kolapo Olapoju South Korean health authorities have quarantined a Nigerian with high fever following Ebola fears. He was quarantined on Friday as a precautionary move to check whether he has been infected with the Ebola virus. The Korea Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says they are conducting detailed tests on the man, but... Read More

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September 3, 2014

#Ebola: Third American doctor contracts Ebola virus disease

by Kolapo Olapoju A missionary doctor working with Serving In Mission has contracted the Ebola virus disease in Liberia. According to the group, Serving in Mission (SIM USA), the infected doctor is a male obstetrician. The doctor was treating pregnant women and those giving birth, in the capital city of Monrovia, and he reportedly... Read More

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September 2, 2014

#Ebola: 19-year-old student suspected of Ebola in Kaduna || Another person dies in Abuja

by Azubuike Azikiwe A 19-year-old Law student at the Ahmadu Bello University has been quarantined after being suspected of carrying the Ebola virus disease in Kaduna. Bilyaminu Umar, the spokesman for the, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, confirmed the case on Monday, 1 September. He revealed that the student was diagnosed at ABUTH, Shika, Zaria.... Read More

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September 1, 2014

#Ebola: Nigerian man quarantined in Malaga

by Kolapo Olapoju A Nigerian man resident in Antequera, Malaga has been quarantined after showing potential symptoms of the Ebola virus disease. He was quarantined on the morning of Monday, 1 September, in Carlos Haya hospital, where he will remain until the test results are known. The man reportedly informed hospital staff at his local... Read More

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August 29, 2014

#Ebola: Wife of dead Port Harcourt doctor has Ebola symptoms || Brought back to Lagos

by Azubuike Azikiwe The wife of Ikyke Samuel Eneumo, the doctor who died from the Ebola virus disease in Port Harcourt has reportedly shown symptoms of the virus, and has been brought back to Lagos alongside her 3-month-old baby. Enuemo’s wife, who gave birth only three months ago, is ill with symptoms of the deadly... Read More

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August 27, 2014

Don’t visit T.B Joshua’s church till Nigeria is Ebola-free – Namibian Health Minister

by Kolapo Olapoju Following the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Namibians have been urged to not travel to Nigeria for prayers and spiritual healing at T.B Joshua’s Synagogue church of all nations. Dr Richard Kamwi, the minister of health and social services, says until the Ebola virus is brought under control, they should remain in... Read More

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August 19, 2014

Ebola: Two Nigerians quarantined on arrival in Vietnam [DETAILS]

by David Cyril Two Nigerians who flew aboard a Qatar Airways flight to Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport have been taken to a city hospital after being found to have flu-like symptoms on Tuesday, 19 August. Th chief of the Heath Ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department, Tran Dac Phu, said the two passengers... Read More

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August 18, 2014

This is how Ebola infected patients survived the virus (READ)

by Kolapo Olapoju A nurse was recently reported to have survived the Ebola virus disease, and many have begun to wonder how she was able to get through the life threatening impact of the deadly Ebola virus. The nurse has been discharged from the isolation centre at the Mainland Hospital in Lagos, while reports say that some more... Read More

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August 18, 2014

12th case of Ebola confirmed in Nigeria [DETAILS]

by Olorunwa Lawal Nigeria now has 12 confirmed cases of the Ebola virus, up from 10 at last week’s count, the health ministry said on Monday. Of the twelve cases, five have almost fully recovered. The Health Ministry added in a statement, that 189 people in Lagos and six others in the southeastern city of... Read More

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August 17, 2014

#Ebola: Fire on the Mountain! 17 Ebola suspects escape quarantine [DETAILS]

by Kolapo Olapoju Things have gotten out of hand in West Point community in Monrovia, as seventeen suspected and some confirmed Ebola patients escaped an isolation center late in the evening of Saturday, 16 August. Sam Tarplah, a nurse who is in charge of an isolation center told FrontPageAfrica that it all started when... Read More

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August 14, 2014

Shoot them down: Chidi Mokeme says Ebola ‘quarantine escapees’ should be killed

by Kolapo Olapoju Do you agree with this point of view? Actor Chidi Mokeme says any person infected with Ebola who escapes from quarantine, should be shot down. He was commenting on the Nigerian nurse who fled quarantine in Lagos and went to Enugu. He aired his opinion via a series of tweets on... Read More

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August 13, 2014

Man who assisted Patrick Sawyer has also died of Ebola in Lagos

by Hauwa Gambo It’s sad news – the world loses another person to Ebola, in Nigeria. Yesterday, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced that one of its staff, Jatto Abdulqudir, had died of the virus, bringing the number of deaths to three. The full statement from ECOWAS is below: The ECOWAS Commission... Read More

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August 11, 2014

A Nigerian man has been quarantined in Hong Kong over Ebola [DETAILS]

by Kolapo Olapoju The Hong Kong government has released a statement confirming that a 32-year-old unidentified Nigerian man, has “tested negative for Ebola virus after preliminary laboratory testing. The Nigerian man was quarantined yesterday, 10 August, in Hong Kong after he showed Ebola-like symptoms while in the city. He had arrived Hong Kong from Lagos... Read More

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Olusegun Adeniyi writes | What Death said to Ebola about Nigeria

by Olusegun Adeniyi There was roaring laughter in the Kingdom of Death. He continued: “Ebola here walks in a stealth manner. An odd kiss, a harmless handshake, an innocuous peck and before they know it, his victims have me to contend with. Heralded in by drummers, it was clear to all those who were already... Read More

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