Ebola Outbreak
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Risk of Ebola spreading in Europe very low: WHO
World | Oct 09, 2014, 08:29 AM ISTGeneva: The risk of the Ebola virus disease spreading in Europe is extremely low, the World Health Organisation's regional director for Europe Zsuzsanna Jakab said on Wednesday.Due to travel between Europe and affected countries in
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UN extends its mission in Liberia
World | Oct 02, 2014, 06:29 AM ISTMonrovia: The United Nations Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) till September 15 next year keeping in view the Ebola outbreak in the country, a senior UN official
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Ebola death toll swells to 2,917: WHO
World | Sep 26, 2014, 09:35 AM ISTGeneva: The world's worst-ever Ebola epidemic has now infected nearly 6,300 people in West Africa and killed nearly half of them, according to World Health Organisation figures released on Thursday.In its latest update, the UN
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Ebola fight: India to contribute USD 12 million to UN
India | Sep 26, 2014, 07:20 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Central government has announced USD 12 million contribution to the United Nations to help it fight the deadly Ebola virus in the African continent.The contribution was approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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Israel joins fight against Ebola in Africa
World | Sep 22, 2014, 02:02 PM ISTJerusalem: Israel has joined the international effort to help combat the Ebola outbreak across West Africa.Doctors from the country's leading medical institutions and other healthcare professionals are being sent to Sierra Leone, Cameroon and Liberia
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11 Numbers that unveil the 'enormity' caused by World's worst Ebola Outbreak
World | Sep 23, 2014, 07:20 AM ISTNew Delhi: From past six months, West Africa has been on the suffering end of the devastating effects of Ebola. The outbreak has turned more dreadful in recent weeks with death toll surging up and
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Ebola death toll climbs to 2,461: WHO
World | Sep 17, 2014, 07:57 AM ISTGeneva: The deadliest Ebola epidemic on record has now infected nearly 5,000 people in west Africa and killed around half of them, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.The UN health agency said a
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Ebola epidemic spiraling out of control: Barack Obama
World | Sep 17, 2014, 06:26 AM ISTWashington: The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is ‘spiraling out of control' and posing a potential threat to global security, US President Barack Obama warned on Tuesday."If the outbreak is not stopped now, we could
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Ebola crisis: UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Thursday
World | Sep 16, 2014, 09:19 AM ISTUnited Nations: The UN Security Council will be holding an emergency meeting on the Ebola crisis on Thursday, US Ambassador Samantha Power said on Tuesday,The meeting will discuss ways to scale up the global response
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New Ebola vaccine protected monkeys for ten months
World | Sep 10, 2014, 10:20 AM ISTWashington: One shot of an experimental Ebola vaccine when combined with an additional vaccine was found to be effective in protecting monkeys against the deadly virus for 10 months."Ten months after the initial inoculation, four
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UN Chief calls for more support to fight Ebola
World | Sep 09, 2014, 07:05 AM ISTUnited Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has called leaders of some countries and organisations to urge more support in the fight against the deadly Ebola, a spokesman said here on Monday."He spoke to UK
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UN to establish Ebola crisis centre to stop virus spread
World | Sep 06, 2014, 10:18 AM ISTUnited Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said that the world organisation is going to establish an Ebola crisis centre to stop the spread of the virus in six-nine months.Ban made the announcement
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Ebola outbreak racing out of control, says UN officials
World | Sep 04, 2014, 08:17 AM ISTWashington: The Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa is racing ahead of efforts to control it and at least $600 million is needed to get the unprecedented epidemic under control, UN health officials said on
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Ebola outbreak to get worse before it gets better:UN officials
World | Sep 03, 2014, 01:13 PM ISTUnited Nations: Top UN officials have warned that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa “will get worse before it gets better” as they called for international action to deal with the crisis, saying misinformation about
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Mizoram put on high alert to face Ebola
India | Aug 26, 2014, 05:49 PM ISTAizawl: The Mizoram governemnt today placed the state health services department on high alert for any eventuality of Ebola break out in the state. An official statement released here said programme officers of the state
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Flight restrictions hamper Ebola response: UN
World | Aug 26, 2014, 07:40 AM ISTUnited Nations: The UN warned on Monday that restrictions on flights to and from Ebola-hit West African countries could hamper the international community's ability to fight and reverse the current outbreak of the deadly virus
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WHO to unveil response plan for Ebola
World | Aug 23, 2014, 11:52 AM ISTUnited Nations: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it will unveil a response plan to deal with the current Ebola virus outbreak in west Africa."The WHO has announced that it is working on a
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Kenya suspends flights to Ebola-hit nations
World | Aug 20, 2014, 07:15 AM ISTNairobi: The Kenyan government on Tuesday confirmed it will suspend flights connecting three Ebola hit West African countries -- Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia -- but it insisted on not undertaking any step to evacuate.Nairobi
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Nigerian headed to India dies after showing Ebola symptoms: Report
World | Aug 18, 2014, 10:10 AM ISTAbu Dhabi: A 35-year-old Nigerian woman, travelling from Nigeria to India for cancer treatment, has died in the UAE after showing symptoms similar to those of deadly Ebola virus, health authorities said here on Sunday.During
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Nigerian national tests inconclusive for Ebola; sample sent to Pune
India | Aug 17, 2014, 11:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: A Nigerian national has been kept under observation at a city hospital after his ELISA blood test for Ebola virus done at the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) here was stated to