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  Australia suspends entry visas from Ebola-affected region

  World | October 29, 2014 10:27 IST

  Canberra: Australia is suspending entry visas for people from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa in an attempt to keep out the disease.The government is canceling and refusing non-permanent or temporary visas held by people who

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  Obama urges not to discourage health workers going to West Africa

  World | October 29, 2014 6:59 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama warned Tuesday that returning healthcare workers should only be monitored "in a prudent fashion" and not be discouraged from going to West Africa to help curb Ebola outbreaks."We got to

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  US Army troops isolated after Africa duty tour

  World | October 28, 2014 7:13 IST

  Washington: An Army two-star general and 11 of his staff are being isolated at the base in Italy upon returning from serving in West Africa to help with the Ebola fight.   The general and his

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  Cuba rules out Ebola for expert's death in Guinea

  World | October 27, 2014 21:54 IST

  Havana: A Cuban expert who died in Guinea was not infected with the Ebola virus, the Cuban health ministry said Monday.The 60-year-old man, who arrived in the Guinean capital of Conakry earlier this month as

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  Ebola cases exceed 10,000: WHO

  World | October 25, 2014 17:44 IST

  London: The World Health Organisation (WHO), in its latest report Saturday said the number of Ebola virus cases has exceeded 10,000, with 4,922 deaths.Only 27 of the cases have occurred outside the three worst-hit countries

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  New York doctor who treated patients in Africa tests positive for Ebola

  World | October 24, 2014 10:02 IST

  New York: A New York doctor who returned home after treating Ebola victims in West Africa has become a victim of the disease himself, giving way to afresh fears on communicability of the disease.Dr Craig

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  US prepared to confront challenge posed by Ebola: Obama

  World | October 18, 2014 17:07 IST

  Washington: Allaying fears about spread of Ebola in the US, President Barack Obama today asserted that the country was not facing an outbreak of the deadly virus and it was fully prepared to confront the

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  1.2 billion live on less than Rs 77 a day: UN Chief

  World | October 18, 2014 10:47 IST

  United Nations: More than 1.2 billion people are living on less than USD 1.25 (Rs. 77 approx) a day and 2.4 billion are living on less than USD 2 a day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

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  WHO: 10,000 new Ebola cases per week could be seen

  World | October 15, 2014 7:22 IST

  Geneva: A World Health Organisation official says there could be up to 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week within two months.WHO assistant director-general Dr. Bruce Aylward says if the response to the Ebola crisis

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  Obama discusses Ebola issue with UN chief, French president

  World | October 14, 2014 10:03 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama has spoken with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and French President Francois Hollande separately about the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the White House said.During his conversation with Ban Monday, Obama

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  Ebola advances in West Africa

  World | October 11, 2014 11:19 IST

  Nairobi: The Ebola virus disease continues its relentless expansion through West Africa, the region where it first emerged, despite the resources deployed by other countries and new health protocols aimed at preventing the contagion from

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  Mathematics behind Ebola epidemic decoded

  World | October 10, 2014 15:00 IST

  London: Researchers have calculated new benchmark figures to precisely describe the raging Ebola epidemic in West Africa from a mathematical perspective, an approach that may help health authorities to contain the virus.Health authorities want to

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  EU airlift operation in west Africa to fight Ebola

  World | October 08, 2014 6:28 IST

  Brussels: The European Union (EU) will organise airlift operation to the Ebola-hit west Africa, with the first cargo plane to take off on Friday.About 1 million euros (about $1.26 million) funding will be allocated to

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  We have zero tolerance for racism, government tells African diplomats

  India | October 03, 2014 10:52 IST

  New Delhi: Condemning attack on three African students who were assaulted by a mob four days back, the government has clearly stated that it ‘has zero tolerance for racism'.The government took this stand as diplomats

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  Government confirms first case of Ebola in US

  World | October 01, 2014 6:46 IST

  Dallas: The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. was confirmed on Tuesday in a patient who recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas—a sign of the far-reaching impact of the out-of-control epidemic in West

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  Ebola claims 2,811 lives: WHO

  World | September 23, 2014 12:00 IST

  Geneva: The deadliest Ebola epidemic ever has now killed 2,811 in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.The UN health agency on Monday said that the tally of cases in five West African countries

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  11 Numbers that unveil the 'enormity' caused by World's worst Ebola Outbreak

  World | September 23, 2014 7:20 IST

  New 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 toll hits 2,288 in West Africa: WHO

  World | September 10, 2014 11:58 IST

  Geneva: The number of people infected by the Ebola virus disease in West Africa reached 4,269 as of Tuesday, while the total number of related deaths stood at 2,288, according to World Health Organisation (WHO)

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  No link between Ebola outbreaks in West Africa, DRC: WHO

  World | September 03, 2014 9:11 IST

  Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said the outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is ‘a distinct and independent event' with no relationship to the epidemic in West Africa.Based on virus sequencing

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  2,240 Ebola cases in West Africa: UN

  World | August 20, 2014 9:12 IST

  United Nations: The number of Ebola cases in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, has reached 2,240 and a total of 1,229 deaths were also registered, UN spokesman Steaphane Dujarric said here Tuesday."WHO is working