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kobo
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 Posted - 28 Jul 2014 : 08:59:40
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 1. NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS Posted 28 July 2014
he Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has declared the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the country a national emergency. The Liberian leader made the declaration Saturday in her message to mark the country’s 167th Independence Anniversary held at the Centennial Memorial Pavilion in Monrovia.
She urged all Liberians to come together to fight the disease regardless of political, social, economic and religious persuasions.
The Liberian leader has accordingly constituted a National Task Force, headed by her to combat the Ebola outbreak.
She said the National Task Force will be co-chaired by the Internal Affairs Minister, Morris Dukuly, in his capacity as head of the National Disaster Relief Commission, which, according to her, will be reactivated after months of inactivity.
The outbreak has killed over 600 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since February, making it the largest and deadliest ever, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Ebola causes fever, vomiting, bleeding and diarrhoea and kills up to 90 percent of those it infects. Highly contagious, it is transmitted through contact with blood or other fluids.
- Agencies
2. RELATED NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS Posted 29 July 2014
The Lagos State Government disclosed, yesterday, that the Nigerian Ambassador to Liberia, Chigozie Obi Nnadozie, three staff of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and 55 others had contact with the victim of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, Patrick Sawyer, who died in Lagos, last Thursday.
The Joint Federal and State Team in collaboration with other health organisations on prevention of Ebola outbreak in Lagos, has begun monitoring of the 59 persons that had contact with the victim, who died of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in a private hospital in Lagos, last week.
Addressing a joint press briefing, yesterday, on the update of the Ebola virus disease, Director National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Professor Abdulsalim Nasidi, and Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, explained that out of the 59 persons that had contact with the Sawyer in Lagos, 44 were hospital contacts (38 healthcare workers and six laboratory staff) and 15 airport contacts comprising three ECOWAS staff – driver, liaison and protocol officer, Nigerian Ambassador to Monrovia, two nursing staff and five airport passenger handlers.......Full Report |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 28 Jul 2014 : 12:02:01
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"Ebola causes fever, vomiting, bleeding and diarrhoea and kills up to 90 percent of those it infects. Highly contagious, it is transmitted through contact with blood or other fluids."
Its a great shame that newspapers in GAMBIA seem reluctant to KEEP Ebola in the FRONT PAGE NEWS on a DAILY BASIS, NO ONE MUST bury their heads in the sand,saying after the event "if only I had known I would do things differently"
Will this happen in Gambia newspapers NO because it will effect TOURISM !!!! |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Momodou
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Posted - 30 Jul 2014 : 08:53:03
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Sierra Leone's top Ebola doctor dies from virus
SABC: Wednesday 30 July 2014 06:59
The doctor leading Sierra Leone's fight against the worst Ebola outbreak on record died from the virus on Tuesday, the country's chief medical officer said.
The death of Sheik Umar Khan, who was credited with treating more than 100 patients, follows those of dozens of local health workers and the infection of two American medics in neighboring Liberia, highlighting the dangers faced by staff trying to halt the disease's spread across West Africa.
Ebola is believed to have killed 672 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since the outbreak began in February, according to the World Health Organisation.
The contagious disease, which has no known cure, has symptoms that include vomiting, diarrhea and internal and external bleeding. The fatality rate of the current outbreak is around 60 percent although Ebola can kill up to 90 percent of those who catch it.
The 39-year-old Khan, hailed as a "national hero" by the Health Ministry, had been moved to a treatment ward run by the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres in the far north of Sierra Leone.
He died less than a week after his diagnosis was announced, and shortly before President Ernest Bai Koroma arrived to visit his treatment center in the northeastern town of Kailahun.
"It is a big and irreparable loss to Sierra Leone as he was the only specialist the country had in viral hemorrhagic fevers," said the chief medical officer, Brima Kargbo.
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Weak health systems are struggling to contain the disease despite international help ranging from doctors to safety equipment.
Guinea, where the outbreak originated, has seen new cases in the capital Conakry and in the eastern mining town of Siguiri, where a new isolation ward has opened. In both areas, the infection spread through contact with visitors from Sierra Leone, according to Aboubacar Sidiki Diakite, who leads Guinea's efforts to stop the outbreak.
In neighboring Liberia, the national soccer authority suspended matches nationwide, a spokesman said.
While the WHO has stopped short of recommending travel restrictions, the Togolese airline Asky has suspended flights to and from Sierra Leone and Liberia as concern over the spread of the virus has increased since the first death was reported last week in Nigeria's coastal city of Lagos, home to 21 million people.
The dead man was Patrick Sawyer, a consultant for Liberia's Finance Ministry in his 40s who had flown to Nigeria with Asky via its home hub, Lome.
His wife Decontee told the US channel NBC News on Tuesday that he was an American from Minnesota.
Asky said it would no longer take on food in Guinea, and that passengers leaving the Guinean capital Conakry would be checked for signs of the disease before departure.
The airline added that medical teams would be deployed to screen passengers in transit through Lome.
Nigeria's largest carrier, Arik Air, has suspended flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone because of the Ebola risk.
On Monday, a US administration official said President Barack Obama was receiving updates and noted that US agencies had stepped up assistance to help contain the virus.
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Posted - 31 Jul 2014 : 12:12:30
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In this report the reporter tells us that in this facility there are only 12 people working there and only three motorcycles recently given to distribute leaflets to a very big area,much more money and outside help are needed to correctly tackle this outbreak of sickness.
http://www.latestclip.com/ebola-outbreak-sky-news-special-report-from-alex-crawford-in-liberia/
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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kobo
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Posted - 31 Jul 2014 : 19:59:49
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  "PLEASE JOIN THE CAMPAIGN TO KICK EBOLA OUT OF WEST AFRICA"?
The UN says 729 people in West Africa have died of Ebola since February - 233 of them in Sierra Leone. The deadliest Ebola outbreak in history.
Ebola issue is no more a joke. According to BBC over 600 people have died of Ebola in West Africa since the beginning of Ebola in February this year. But it is worst in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone for now. The worst thing is that, the Pan-African Airline have suspended all flight to and from the cities of Sierra Leone and Liberia. This is because a passanger from Togo died of Ebola on their way from Liberia to Nigeria.
MORE FROM EBOLA VIRUS PICTURES.COM:
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: May God safe us from this deadly disease. AMEEN |
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kobo
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Posted - 02 Aug 2014 : 05:45:38
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 UPDATES WITH NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS: Posted 02 August 2014;
MORE FACTS:
- 90% of people infected with the disease die with. A few survive - most can't.
- 2 - 21 number of days it takes from infection to onset of symptoms.
- 700+ victims of Ebola since February outbreak!
It's a nightmare and horror movie battle against the disease. Medical Doctors, Nurses and Health Workers are tending patients bleeding from their eyes, nose or mouth as their bodies are dissolved from the inside by the deadly killer virus!
Victims die with mouths and eyes open.
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kobo
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Posted - 02 Aug 2014 : 18:32:24
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Ebola can be considered more deadly, distressful to victims or us and worrisome problem to WHO than aids |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 02 Aug 2014 : 18:44:40
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Without doubt you are correct KOBO, EXTREMELY serious, very very very worrying,unfortunately in the UK Ebola has now slipped down the list of newsworthy items,other matters have taken its place,which pale into insignificance to this NEW threat to humanity.
I CANNOT PUT MY VIEWS ANY MORE STRONGLY.
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Ebola can be considered more deadly, distressful to victims or us and worrisome problem to WHO than aids
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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kobo
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Posted - 02 Aug 2014 : 21:18:38
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DANGEROUS! SCARY! HORRIBLE! DEADLY!
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kobo
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Posted - 03 Aug 2014 : 00:13:12
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 First American Infected With Ebola Virus Arrives in U.S.
A specially equipped medical plane whisked Ebola-stricken Dr. Kent Brantly from Liberia to Georgia on Saturday, setting up the latest leg of a race to save the man who’s now the first known Ebola patient on U.S. soil.
An ambulance rushed Brantly — one of two Americans seriously sickened by the deadly viral hemorrhagic fever last month while on the front lines of a major outbreak in West Africa — from Dobbins Air Reserve Base to Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital shortly after the plane landed late Saturday morning.......Full Report |
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Posted - 03 Aug 2014 : 23:04:03
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" We understand that the WHO is looking for $100 million to be able to respond to the situation in the region. We are not sure how much has com e in or how much is still being awaited, but it is hoped that the resources that the WHO will be able to put together will be used towards tracing, possibly, the people who move from Ebola affected areas to other parts of the country. It is hoped that once that those tracings are done, there will be some confinement around those areas. And then those who are identified and confirmed to be Ebola cases - I mean, the hope is that they will survive. But if not - if they do not live, then the disease cannot be spread to other parts of the country. But also, they're looking forward to help experts coming in from advanced societies funded by the WHO to be able to embolden the three countries' health care delivery services."
http://www.npr.org/2014/08/03/337531195/sierra-leones-struggle-with-ebola |
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