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  Barack Obama defends new Ebola directives

  World | October 29, 2014 14:36 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama has defended the government's new directives regarding monitoring of people who have been exposed to the Ebola virus, asking the public not to let themselves be influenced by ‘fear', since

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  Ebola claims more than 2,400 lives: WHO

  World | September 13, 2014 14:14 IST

  New Delhi: The worst-ever outbreak of Ebola fever has killed more than 2,400 and infected twice the number, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.The WHO head Margaret Chan said in Geneva that till date there

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  Nigeria to get Japanese drug for Ebola treatment

  World | September 02, 2014 10:38 IST

  Abuja: Nigeria will soon get a Japanese drug to treat Ebola, the country's Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said on Monday.The drug named Favipiravir and developed by a subsidiary of Fujifilm Holdings in Japan, could be

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  821 passengers being tracked for Ebola Virus Disease: Government

  India | August 28, 2014 8:27 IST

  New Delhi: The two passengers (a doctor and a physiotherapist), who were admitted in Dr RML Hospital in New Delhi earlier for further treatment after being tested negative for Ebola, have responded to Anti- Malarial

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  No Ebola Virus Disease in India: Union Health Minister

  India | August 12, 2014 7:19 IST

  New Delhi: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday said 'there is no Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in India', adding the country has mechanism for prompt treatment and subsequent monitoring."There is no EVD in India," Vardhan