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Liberia Suffers New Ebola Death, Months After Outbreak Declared Over
A woman has died of Ebola in Liberia, months after the West African nation was declared free of the virus and weeks after neighbouring Guinea also recorded a new flare-up, health officials said today.
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Liberia Emerges From Nightmare of Ebola
Heavily pregnant when she died, Fatimah Jakemah was bagged, bleached and carted off for cremation, one of dozens of new cases in the capital that week as Ebola tightened its grip on Liberia.
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WHO Draws up Plan to Eradicate Ebola
The World Health Organization on Tuesday unveiled a plan to eradicate the deadly Ebola virus, aiming to identify and isolate the dwindling number of new cases by the end of May.
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Nicaragua Quarantines US Embassy Staffer Over Ebola Fears
Nicaraguan authorities have quarantined a US embassy staffer who came into contact with Ebola patients in Liberia, the health ministry said Monday, urging Washington to send a plane to evacuate him.
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30 New Ebola Cases, Lowest Weekly Figure in Nearly a Year: WHO
Thirty confirmed cases of Ebola were reported in West Africa in the past week, the smallest number in nearly a year of the worst ever outbreak of the deadly fever, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
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Liberia's Sole Remaining Known Ebola Patient Dies
A Liberian woman who was the country's sole remaining known Ebola patient died on Friday at a treatment centre in the capital, said Francis Ketteh, acting head of the country's Ebola response team.
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Liberia Reports First Ebola Infection in a Month
Liberia said on Friday a patient in the capital has tested positive for Ebola, more than a month after the last new case of the disease was registered.
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Patients 'Under Observation' in Liberia After Ebola Scare
Liberia put a group of patients under observation on Friday at a hospital in the capital Monrovia after they had contact with a woman infected with the deadly Ebola virus.
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Sierra Leone Goes Door-to-Door to Fight Ebola
Sierra Leone launched a two-week door-to-door search on Wednesday for Ebola patients as part of sweeping efforts to stem the spread of the virus in the west of the country.
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Ebola Drug Trial in Guinea 'Encouraging': Researchers
An Ebola candidate treatment yielded "encouraging" results in an early-stage trial with 80 patients in Guinea, the French government and medical research agency Inserm said today.
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Liberia Suffers New Ebola Death, Months After Outbreak Declared Over
A woman has died of Ebola in Liberia, months after the West African nation was declared free of the virus and weeks after neighbouring Guinea also recorded a new flare-up, health officials said today.
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Liberia Emerges From Nightmare of Ebola
Heavily pregnant when she died, Fatimah Jakemah was bagged, bleached and carted off for cremation, one of dozens of new cases in the capital that week as Ebola tightened its grip on Liberia.
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WHO Draws up Plan to Eradicate Ebola
The World Health Organization on Tuesday unveiled a plan to eradicate the deadly Ebola virus, aiming to identify and isolate the dwindling number of new cases by the end of May.
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Nicaragua Quarantines US Embassy Staffer Over Ebola Fears
Nicaraguan authorities have quarantined a US embassy staffer who came into contact with Ebola patients in Liberia, the health ministry said Monday, urging Washington to send a plane to evacuate him.
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30 New Ebola Cases, Lowest Weekly Figure in Nearly a Year: WHO
Thirty confirmed cases of Ebola were reported in West Africa in the past week, the smallest number in nearly a year of the worst ever outbreak of the deadly fever, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
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Liberia's Sole Remaining Known Ebola Patient Dies
A Liberian woman who was the country's sole remaining known Ebola patient died on Friday at a treatment centre in the capital, said Francis Ketteh, acting head of the country's Ebola response team.
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Liberia Reports First Ebola Infection in a Month
Liberia said on Friday a patient in the capital has tested positive for Ebola, more than a month after the last new case of the disease was registered.
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Patients 'Under Observation' in Liberia After Ebola Scare
Liberia put a group of patients under observation on Friday at a hospital in the capital Monrovia after they had contact with a woman infected with the deadly Ebola virus.
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Sierra Leone Goes Door-to-Door to Fight Ebola
Sierra Leone launched a two-week door-to-door search on Wednesday for Ebola patients as part of sweeping efforts to stem the spread of the virus in the west of the country.
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Ebola Drug Trial in Guinea 'Encouraging': Researchers
An Ebola candidate treatment yielded "encouraging" results in an early-stage trial with 80 patients in Guinea, the French government and medical research agency Inserm said today.
