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Emergency centers needed to contain Ebola in West Africa: U.N

YoopyaOct 9, 2014July 15, 20230

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The worst outbreak of Ebola on record can be contained if countries quickly build and staff treatment centers

Volunteers carry bodies in a centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres for Ebola patients in Kailahun

YoopyaOct 9, 2014July 15, 20230

GENEVA (Reuters) – The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed 3,879 people out of 8,033 cases by the end of Oct. 5, with no

U.S. working on new screenings for Ebola but no travel ban

YoopyaOct 7, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday that the government would develop expanded screening of airline passengers for Ebola, both in the West African

Ebola death toll rises to 3,439: WHO

YoopyaOct 5, 2014September 7, 20230

GENEVA (Reuters) – The world’s worst Ebola outbreak on record has now killed 3,439 people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. There had

Liberia’s top doctor in quarantine after assistant dies of Ebola

YoopyaSep 28, 2014July 15, 20230

MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberia’s chief medical officer, who is also a deputy health minister, has put herself in quarantine as a precaution against Ebola after

Ebola toll nears 3,000 as medics face bed shortage, resistance

YoopyaSep 25, 2014July 15, 20230

GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 2,917 people have died of Ebola out of 6,263 cases in the five West African countries affected by the disease,

Sierra Leone capital at standstill as Ebola lockdown begins

YoopyaSep 19, 2014July 29, 20230

By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone began a three-day lockdown on Friday in an effort to halt the spread of the Ebola virus,

Death toll in West Africa Ebola epidemic reaches 2,630: WHO

YoopyaSep 18, 2014July 29, 20230

(Reuters) – At least 2,630 people have died in the worst outbreak of Ebola virus in history, which has so far infected at least 5,357

Liberia hopes U.S. Ebola pledge will spur others to act

YoopyaSep 18, 2014September 2, 20230

(Reuters) – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Wednesday she hoped U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to send 3,000 troops to West Africa to

Ebola cases may be kept within tens of thousands, WHO says

YoopyaSep 17, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The unprecedented Ebola outbreak in West Africa requires a $1 billion response to keep its spread within the tens of thousands of cases,