FG updates on Ebola contact cases in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it is continuing to monitor 28 of the 62 contacts identified…
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NCDC identifies two suspected Ebola cases in north-east
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported two suspected cases of Ebola disease in the north-east,…
Ebola: Abia establishes isolation centre despite no confirmed case — Otti
Abia State Government has designated a section of the Mother and Child Hospital in Umuahia as an isolation centre as part of…
Ebola: Survivours can transmit virus through sex, but not sweat or saliva —…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has clarified that Ebola survivors may still transmit the virus through sexual intercourse if…
Switzerland receives Nigeria’s Ebola patient, isolates husband at Zurich…
Switzerland has confirmed receiving Nigeria’s index Ebola patient and her husband, who accompanied her during the medical…
BREAKING: WHO declares Nigeria Ebola free hours after evacuation of index…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Nigeria currently has no reported Ebola cases following the evacuation of…
Nigeria evacuates Ebola patient abroad as two suspected cases test negative
Nigeria’s index case of Ebola virus disease is expected to be evacuated abroad for further medical treatment on Monday, October…
Ebola: Day pandemic killed an Aláàfin, By Festus Adedayo
Nigeria is treating the reported Ebola case discovered in Abuja with its usual levity. Authorities should remember that if you…
Containing new Ebola: The fault lines
In 2014, Nigeria was wracked with a devastating Ebola epidemic. The index case stole into Lagos on July 20, 2014. A Liberian man,…
Ebola contacts rise to 53 as NCDC monitors exposure
The number of people identified as contacts of Nigeria’s confirmed Ebola case has risen to 53, the Nigeria Centre for Disease…