Yesterday, it has been officially announced by the Malian government and the United Nations that Mali is Ebola-free. The announcement was made after the country has not had an Ebola case for the past 42 days. Ousmane Kone, Mali Health Minister, revealed that there have been no new Ebola cases in Mali since December 6 2014. Then, the last Ebola patient in Mali had tested negative for the deadly … [Read more...]
First Ebola Victim May Have Contracted the Virus From a Bat
The first Ebola victim that the scientists believe triggered the recent Ebola epidemic was a two-year-old boy from Guinea named Emile Oumaouno. The recent reports reveal that the boy may have been infected after playing in a hollow tree where there was a colony of bats. The scientists made the connection after traveling to where the boy lived, a village called Meliandou, and after talking to … [Read more...]
Ebola Cases Suspected to Surpass 10.000, Says WHO
This Ebola outbreak is the most severe in the history of the disease. According to WHO, over 10.000 people in West Africa are believed to have fallen ill with the disease and the list of deceased surpasses 5.000. As if this weren't enough, these reports have surfaced amid concerns about potential spread of Ebola in Mali. A two-year-old girl died of Ebola on Friday. She was taken by her grandmother … [Read more...]
121 Ebola Deaths Recorded in a Single day in Sierra Leone
To say that the situation in West Africa is dire would be an understatement. Sierra Leone has recorded 121 deaths caused by Ebola in a single day. Of course, scores of new infections have also been recorded. This makes it one of the deadliest days since the disease was first detected, roughly four months ago. According to the data compiled on Saturday, the total number of deaths went from 557 to … [Read more...]
First Patient to be Diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. is Getting Worse
The first patient to be diagnosed of Ebola in the United States slipped from serious to critical condition on Saturday. In the meanwhile, hospitals in the U.S. are investigating other possible cases. According to U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Thomas Frieden, news of the Ebola patient has spread through hospitals and doctors are now checking all incoming patients for … [Read more...]
Ebola growing out of control, warns WHO’s Margaret Chan
The Ebola virus rampaging in West Africa is spreading faster than expected and the World Health Organization fears worldwide disaster. Ignoring the problem will not make it go away. The death toll is rising fast and out of the 4,784 reported cases 2,400 have died says WHO director general Margaret Chan to reporters at the UN health agency's headquarters in Geneva. She also states that the figures … [Read more...]
Ebola Outbreak Stirs Anger in Liberia While American Doctor’s Condition Improves
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's government has gone to great lengths to protect impoverished West African residents from the Ebola virus. However, Ebola has claimed more than 1000 lives in Liberia alone. The total death toll right now has surpassed 1900 victims. On September 6, a starving Ebola patient escaped from the ELWA hospital in Monrovia. Scared residents claimed that this was the fifth … [Read more...]
African Demand for Ebola Drug Grows While Liberia Lifts its Quarantine
The African demand for Ebola drug is growing. The newly tested drug has managed to completely heal monkeys in lab test. On Saturday, crowds of people celebrated in the street after the authorities reopened a pharmacy that was barricaded for roughly a week to contain the spread of the infection. Kindy Kobbah was expected to be released from the hospital after she survived the infection with … [Read more...]
New Ebola Outbreak Discovered in Congo & British Victim is Flown Home
A new outbreak of the Ebola disease has been detected in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Also, a British medical worker was just flown back from West Africa this Sunday. He is the first Briton to be infected with the Ebola virus during the epidemic. The identity of the Briton has not been disclosed, but the Department of Health declared that he is "not currently seriously unwell". The victim … [Read more...]
“Plague Villages” Created in Liberia to Control Ebola Epidemic
The situation in Liberia is getting out of hand. Liberia was forced to quarantine several remote villages at the epicenter of the Ebola Virus in order to contain the virus. This "plague villages" are reminiscent of medieval Europe, where several cities were shut off from the outside world in order to prevent a deadly virus from spreading. The problem is that the "plague villages" are not … [Read more...]
