…As US Tightens Security Screening AT Airports The fourth American known to have contracted the Ebola virus will arrive the country from Liberia on Monday morning. Ashoka Mukpo, a freelance journalist from Providence, Rhode Island, was working as a cameraman for NBC News in Monrovia, Liberia, last Wednesday when he fell ill. The first thing […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has checked President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), to stop taking credit for the country’s successful containment of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), saying such claim amounts to sheer dishonesty for the duo to turn what was a collective effort to a PDP campaign issue. In […]
…As CDC Declares Thomas Eric Duncan is in Critical Condition Two passengers suspected to be suffering from the deadly Ebola virus were removed from a United Airlines flight that landed at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey Saturday. United flight 998 from Brussels landed at Newark Airport and was met by Centers for Disease Control […]
The number of people who came into contact with Texas Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan has increased from as many as 18 to 80, health officials in Texas have announced. Duncan, a Liberian man who is the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, is being treated […]
…As Nurse Who Attended to the Ebola Patient Did Not Disclose His Travel Information to Her Superiors It has been revealed that the Nurse who attended to the man who is currently being treated for Ebola in Texas, USA did not inform authority about victim’s trip to Liberia. The man, who walked into a Dallas […]
United States health officials have announced that a patient being treated at a Dallas hospital is the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the country. Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Thomas Frieden, who confirmed the diagnose on Tuesday, said the unidentified man left Liberia on September 19 and arrived […]
In order not to be caught unaware, the Liberian Deputy Minister of Health, Bernice Dahn, has quarantined herself for 21 days after losing an office assistant to deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The Minister who had represented Liberia at the various regional conferences on war against Ebola stated Saturday that her decision was not […]
…Considers Significant Assistance To The Worst Hit Countries From Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja. Following alarming evidence of the spread of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the World Bank Group has announced that it will nearly double its financing to $400 million to help the worst hit countries in addressing the emergency and build stronger health […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Following Federal governments directive that schools should resume on Monday 22nd, September, 2014, both primary and secondary schools in Plateau State recorded low turnout of pupils and students. African Examiner observed that only few schools in Jos, the State Capital and environs complied with the directive while some are still under […]
Ignatius Okpara Enugu Primary and secondary schools in the South Eastern States of Nigeria Monday resumed for another academic session, amid fear of Ebola infection and complaint over non provision of sanitary materials by some states, notably, the Enugu and Anambra state governments. The schools re-opened in compliance with the Federal government’s directive of Monday, […]
Samples of experimental drug Zmapp for the cure of Ebola is no longer available worldwide, according to doctors in Spain. Doctors treating a Spanish priest who was repatriated from Sierra Leone on Monday after being diagnosed with the Ebola virus said they were considering alternative treatments. The priest, Manuel Garcia Viejo was in serious condition […]
..As Police Investigate Hate-filled Tweeters Who Targeted Liverpool Striker Police are investigating after social media fans racially attacked Liverpool striker, Mario Balotelli after the Italian mocked Manchester United’s 5-3 defeat at Leicester City on Sunday. Hate-filled social media users targeted the Liverpool and Italy striker after he goaded the Red Devils fans with a tweet […]
By Ayo Balogun Residents of Lagos still need to be on guard against the infection of deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) as the state government has alerted the state is not totally free from the threat of trans border transmission of the virus. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris dropped this hint Thursday […]
As Nigeria battles with the outbreak of Ebola, we consistently commend the dedication and selflessness of the doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. Lives have been lost, and families have had to undergo the trauma of isolation. The fear of the unknown even very crippling. We read about the numbers in the news, but when […]
Ganiyu Nasirudeen The Bauchi state chapter of the National Association Proprietors of Private Schools, (NAPS) has expressed support for September 22, resumption date as announced by the Federal government about two weekends ago. The association’s President Austin Losa, however called on schools to provide preventive measures against the spread of deadly Ebola Virus […]
As part of efforts to assist West Africa fight the Ebola Virus, US president Barak Obama is preparing to assign 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the afflicted region to supply medical and logistical support to overwhelmed local health care systems and to boost the number of beds needed to isolate and treat victims of the […]
Ganiyu Nasirudeen …As House Makes Its Position Public Soon The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has changed its earlier stance of warning against the resumption of the country’s public and private schools on Monday September 22, 2014 as it has called on the school owners to make available all necessary measures to prevent […]
A South African national on transit at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, has been held and screened for Ebola after showing potential symptoms of the disease. The South African woman, who flew in to Lagos from Morocco, according to reports, had worked in Guinea and Sierra Leone. She was being treated as a suspected case […]
By Niyi Adeyi An undergraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State who fell ill and suspected to have been infected by the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been tested negative to the virus. African Examiner reported Wednesday, relying on information made available by the institution Public Relations Officer, Biodun […]
Niyi Adeyi A suspected case of deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been reported in the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Osun State, South Western Nigeria. The case, an undergraduate of the institution, was said to be a secondary contact of one the infected victims. In a press statement issued late yesterday by the […]
