Sierra Leone health officials have confirmed a second Ebola case on Thursday, a week after the World Health Organization declared that West Africa is free from the deadly virus. The new victim currently under quarantine is a relative of the young woman who died back on Jan. 12 and one of the people who prepared her corpse for a traditional funeral.
A day after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that West Africa is Ebola-free, a young woman from Freetown, Sierra Leone was confirmed to have died of the deadly virus. A total of 109 individuals who have come in contract with the woman are under quarantine with 28 of them considered as high-risk patients, per Reuters.
Pauline Cafferkey is undergoing two experimental treatments in the U.K. after she was diagnosed with Ebola. The treatments are considered experimental but her condition remains stable.
Cuban health worker wants to return to West Africa after being cured of Ebola A Cuban doctor who was treated in Geneva after contracting the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone last month said he intends on returning to the West African country.
An eleventh Sierra Leonean doctor has become infected with Ebola An eleventh doctor in Sierra Leone has become infected with the Ebola virus. According to Chief Medical Officer Dr.
Ebola remains a significant health crisis in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the Ebola epidemic death toll has risen to nearly 5,500 out of 15,351 cases identified in eight countries, reports Huffington Post.
The United States is giving visitors from Ebola-ravaged countries temporary protected status, which allows them to remain in the country for up to 18 months.
According to Reuters, the United Nations declared that the shortage of food and basic goods is driving some in quarantine zones to leavedespite the growing number of Ebola cases in Sierra Leone as the country lacks treatment centers.
The World Health Organization announced that by the end of next year, there will be millions of Ebola vaccines ready for delivery. Two companies are reportedly working to develop vaccines for the deadly virus, and trials will begin within the next couple of months.
A Doctors Without Borders physician is the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in New York. A Doctors Without Borders physician is the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in New York.
Five U.S. airports to begin Ebola screening The U. S. will begin temperature screening passengers from West African countries at five major airports starting this week in response to the Ebola virus outbreak.
Ebola information distributed in 40 languages in Dallas, airport procedures criticized Health officials in Dallas, where the first Ebola patient in the United States was identified, anticipate having to monitor the situation for more than a month and are distributing information in a multitude of languages for residents.
The family of the Dallas patient who was released from a hospital with the Ebola virus is being ordered by the state to stay inside their home, and away from any visitors, for two weeks.
Ebola virus kills fourth doctor in Sierra Leone, WHO unable to provide funding A fourth doctor has died in Sierra Leone from the Ebola virus amid the continuing outbreak because of a denial for funds to evacuate her, The Associated Press reported.
