A new case of Ebola has been found in Liberia, a country declared free of the disease on Sept. 3, a senior United Nations official said on Friday. The patient is a 10-year-old boy who lived in the Paynesville, a suburb east of the capital Monrovia, said the official, who declined to be named. The…
Guinea begins 42-day countdown to declaring Ebola-free status – Official
Health officials in Guinea said the country can now begin its 42-day countdown to declaring an end to Ebola outbreak, after last patient recovered. Fodé Sylla, Spokesman for Guinea’s Ebola Coordination Unit, said on Wednesday in Conakry that a baby girl, who was the last known Ebola patient in a two-year regional epidemic, has recovered…
Ebola survivors can harbour virus in semen for at least 9 months – Experts
Ebola virus can exist in the semen of male survivors of the disease for at least nine months after their initial infection appears, much longer than previously thought, scientists said. In preliminary results that raised questions about how and when the epidemic might be brought to an end, researchers said they did not know if…
Ebola may persist in semen for NINE MONTHS after infection, scientists warn
The Ebola virus may persist in some men’s semen for nine months after they were initially infected, far longer than previously thought, according to preliminary research out Wednesday. The first long-term study of its kind, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, adds to growing evidence that Ebola can linger in the body, causing…
Suspicious death in Calabar not Ebola, says WHO
A man who died in the southeast Nigerian city of Calabar did not have Ebola, the World Health Organization said on Friday, after 10 people were quarantined as a precaution. Cory Couillard, from the WHO African Region, told AFP in an email that the “laboratory investigation for EVD (Ebola Virus Disease) and Lassa fever turned…
Doctors claim ‘strike’ helped curtail Ebola spread
Dr Tony Phillips, National President, Guild of Medical Directors, says that the doctors’ strike during the Ebola outbreak in 2014 helped to curtail its spread in Nigeria. Phillips made the assertion during a visit on Wednesday to First Consultant Hospital, Obalende, Lagos, as part of the activities to mark the 25th National Annual General Meeting…
Sex and masturbation may hamper Ebola eradication
The WHO has advised all male survivors of Ebola to be tested three months after the onset of symptoms and then monthly until they know they have no risk of passing on the virus through their semen. Bruce Aylward, Head of the WHO’s Ebola Response, said on Thursday in Geneva that isolated flare-ups of Ebola…
Setback as Serra Leone records four new cases of Ebola
Four new cases of the Ebola disease have been recorded in Serra Leone, which serves as a huge setback towards eradicating the disease from that country. According to reports, those infected with the disease had direct contact with a woman who died of Ebola last month in a village. These new cases increase the likelihood…
Ebola: Nigeria to host Sierra Leone/Cote d’Ivoire AFCON qualifier clash
Nigeria will host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match between reigning African champions Cote d’Ivoire and the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone. In a statement on its website, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said on Wednesday the game, a Match Day 2 clash in the qualifiers’ Group I, will hold in Lagos.…
FG urges vigilance as Ebola resurface in Liberia
The Federal Government had advised Nigerians to be vigilant and embrace basic hygiene as Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) re-emerges in Liberia. This is contained in a statement signed by Ayotunde Adesugba, Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja on Tuesday. The statement urged Nigerians not to panic on the development in…
Liberia announces fresh case of Ebola
A fresh case of Ebola has hit Liberia since the country at the heart of an epidemic was declared free of the virus on May 9. According to the Liberian Deputy Health Minister, Tolbert Nyensuah, a 19 year old man died of the deadly virus. And they are saying it’s possible he infected close friends…
Ebola: Italian nurse tests positive, hospitalised
The Italian Air Force on Wednesday said an Italian nurse who tested positive for the Ebola virus after returning from Sierra Leone has been transferred to Spallanzani Hospital in Rome. The Force said the transfer of the 27-year-old from Sardinia was organised after his blood sample tested positive on Tuesday for the virus. The Italian…
Ebola leaves US patient’s blood and goes to his eye
Researchers say the virus appeared in patient’s eye months after it disappeared from his blood. The Ebola virus has been detected for the first time in an eye of a patient months after it vanished from his blood, researchers in the US said. The announcement on Thursday said the virus reappeared in Dr Ian Crozier…
Woman catches Ebola after having sex with survivor in Liberia
A woman who died from Ebola may have contracted the disease after having sex with a survivor in Liberia, a report says. The woman, 44, was found to have Ebola in March a week after having sex with a man, 46, who first reported symptoms of the disease in late September. It is not thought…
No case of Ebola in LUTH
The management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, has denied reports that two foreign nationals, who were taken to LUTH, had died of EVD, dismissing it as untrue. It said no one has died of Ebola Virus Disease in the tertiary institution. Speaking against the rumour that emanated on the social media over…