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After Bengaluru Scare, Nagpur On Ebola Alert, Uganda Returnee In 21-Day Isolation
The current outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, which spreads through close contact with infected bodily fluids such as blood, sweat, vomit or faeces.
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28-Year-Old Woman, Back From Uganda, Isolated In Bengaluru Amid Ebola Concerns
The outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of the virus. Ebola is a severe and often fatal disease transmitted through direct contact with infected bodily fluids.
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Centre On Ebola Alert: Health Minister Reviews Preparedness Amid WHO Emergency
The Centre has stepped up Ebola preparedness measures across the country after the World Health Organization declared the ongoing outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), with Union Health Minister JP Nadda reviewing surveillance and response mechanisms amid global concerns over the spread of the virus. Officials said...
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India Dispatches First Tranche Of Medical Supplies, Protective Kits To Africa Amid Ebola Outbreak
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Amid the Ebola outbreak in Africa, India on Thursday dispatched the first tranche of urgent medical supplies and protective kits to Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Ebola Outbreak: India Issues Travel Advisory For 3 African Nations
The Indian government has taken precautionary measures to reduce possible health risks and protect travellers. India has also confirmed that no case linked to this Ebola strain has been reported in the country so far.
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WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak 'Public Health Emergency' Of International Concern
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has officially declared the ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus disease affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda as a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHE
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An Ebola Treatment Tent Set Ablaze Again In Eastern Congo With 18 Suspected Cases Escaping
On Thursday, another treatment center in the town of Rwampara was burned down after family members were prohibited from retrieving the body of a local man.
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Ugandans Rue Link To Bundibugyo, The Ebola Virus Type Named After A District Of Cocoa Farmers
Before it became the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a rare type of Ebola virus, Bundibugyo is a mountainous district in western Uganda that even some locals would struggle to pinpoint on a map. It's home to roughly 200,000 people. Many are cocoa farmers who search for whatever cultivable land they can find in the impossibly steep landscap...
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Congo Curtails Funeral Wakes In Ebola Outbreak As WHO Upgrades Risk Assessment
The World Health Organization said that the outbreak now poses a "very high" risk for Congo — up from a previous categorization of "high" — but that the risk of the disease spreading globally remains low.
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UN Allocates $60 Million From Emergency Fund To Combat Ebola Outbreak In Congo
Geneva, May 22 (IANS) UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has said that he is allocating up to $60 million from the world body's Central Emergency Response Fund to accelerate the respons
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Oxford Scientists Are Developing First-Ever Vaccine For Rare Bundibugyo Ebola Strain
Researchers at Oxford University are developing the novel jab targeting the rare strain. The World Health Organization says
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The Ebola Outbreak In Congo Went Unnoticed For Weeks: Timeline Explained
The outbreak has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization and the death toll has risen to more than 130 with around 600 suspected cases
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136 Deaths, Rare Ebola Strain, No Vaccine: Why The Bundibugyo Outbreak In Congo Is Proving Difficult To Contain
The current Ebola outbreak in Congo is particularly concerning because it involves the Bundibugyo strain with no approved vaccines or licensed therapeutics.
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WHO Chief Concerned Over 'Scale And Speed' Of Ebola Outbreak As Congo Reports 134 Dead
Ebola is a highly contagious virus and can be contracted via bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen. The disease it causes is rare but severe and often fatal.
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Ebola Alert: US Missionary Being Transferred To Germany, CDC Confirms
A U.S. citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an outbreak of a rare strain of the virus
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After Bengaluru Scare, Nagpur On Ebola Alert, Uganda Returnee In 21-Day Isolation
The current outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, which spreads through close contact with infected bodily fluids such as blood, sweat, vomit or faeces.
-
28-Year-Old Woman, Back From Uganda, Isolated In Bengaluru Amid Ebola Concerns
The outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of the virus. Ebola is a severe and often fatal disease transmitted through direct contact with infected bodily fluids.
-
Centre On Ebola Alert: Health Minister Reviews Preparedness Amid WHO Emergency
The Centre has stepped up Ebola preparedness measures across the country after the World Health Organization declared the ongoing outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), with Union Health Minister JP Nadda reviewing surveillance and response mechanisms amid global concerns over the spread of the virus. Officials said...
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India Dispatches First Tranche Of Medical Supplies, Protective Kits To Africa Amid Ebola Outbreak
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Amid the Ebola outbreak in Africa, India on Thursday dispatched the first tranche of urgent medical supplies and protective kits to Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Ebola Outbreak: India Issues Travel Advisory For 3 African Nations
The Indian government has taken precautionary measures to reduce possible health risks and protect travellers. India has also confirmed that no case linked to this Ebola strain has been reported in the country so far.
-
WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak 'Public Health Emergency' Of International Concern
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has officially declared the ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus disease affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda as a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHE
-
An Ebola Treatment Tent Set Ablaze Again In Eastern Congo With 18 Suspected Cases Escaping
On Thursday, another treatment center in the town of Rwampara was burned down after family members were prohibited from retrieving the body of a local man.
-
Ugandans Rue Link To Bundibugyo, The Ebola Virus Type Named After A District Of Cocoa Farmers
Before it became the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a rare type of Ebola virus, Bundibugyo is a mountainous district in western Uganda that even some locals would struggle to pinpoint on a map. It's home to roughly 200,000 people. Many are cocoa farmers who search for whatever cultivable land they can find in the impossibly steep landscap...
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Congo Curtails Funeral Wakes In Ebola Outbreak As WHO Upgrades Risk Assessment
The World Health Organization said that the outbreak now poses a "very high" risk for Congo — up from a previous categorization of "high" — but that the risk of the disease spreading globally remains low.
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UN Allocates $60 Million From Emergency Fund To Combat Ebola Outbreak In Congo
Geneva, May 22 (IANS) UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has said that he is allocating up to $60 million from the world body's Central Emergency Response Fund to accelerate the respons
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Oxford Scientists Are Developing First-Ever Vaccine For Rare Bundibugyo Ebola Strain
Researchers at Oxford University are developing the novel jab targeting the rare strain. The World Health Organization says
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The Ebola Outbreak In Congo Went Unnoticed For Weeks: Timeline Explained
The outbreak has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization and the death toll has risen to more than 130 with around 600 suspected cases
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136 Deaths, Rare Ebola Strain, No Vaccine: Why The Bundibugyo Outbreak In Congo Is Proving Difficult To Contain
The current Ebola outbreak in Congo is particularly concerning because it involves the Bundibugyo strain with no approved vaccines or licensed therapeutics.
-
WHO Chief Concerned Over 'Scale And Speed' Of Ebola Outbreak As Congo Reports 134 Dead
Ebola is a highly contagious virus and can be contracted via bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen. The disease it causes is rare but severe and often fatal.
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Ebola Alert: US Missionary Being Transferred To Germany, CDC Confirms
A U.S. citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an outbreak of a rare strain of the virus
