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Last Known Ebola Patient Discharged In Guinea
Guinea's health authorities and the medical charity treating the last known Ebola patient in the country said Wednesday he had been discharged after successfully recovering from the disease.
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Guinea Says Has No Ebola Cases After Last Patient Recovers
Guinea's last known Ebola patient, a 19-day-old baby boy, has recovered and been released from a treatment centre in the capital Conakry, a health official said on Monday.
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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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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Goes Back to School
Sierra Leone's 1.8 million children prepared today to return to school, eight months after classes were shut to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
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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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US Clinician Cured of Ebola, Leaves Hospital
An American clinician has been cured of Ebola and was discharged from a hospital near the US capital, officials said Thursday.
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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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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Arrests 13 at Unsafe Burial: Police
Police in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone raided a funeral and arrested 13 people suspected of organising an unsafe burial, risking spreading the disease, officers said on Tuesday.
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Baby Dies of Ebola in Sierra Leone Area Where Outbreak Started
A baby has died of Ebola in a part of Sierra Leone where the outbreak began, dealing a blow to the recovery weeks after the district had eradicated the virus, officials said Monday.
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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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At Least 10 Americans Being Flown to US After Possible Ebola Exposure
At least 10 Americans possibly exposed to the deadly Ebola virus were being flown to the United States from Sierra Leone for observation, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.
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Ebola Death Toll Tops 10,000: WHO
More than 10,000 people have now died from the Ebola virus, almost all of them in west Africa, the World Health Organization said today.
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Hunger and Frustration Grow at Ebola Ground Zero in Guinea
A charred kapok tree and around a dozen graves scattered amongst the mud brick houses of Meliandou are painful reminders of the toll Ebola has taken on this village in southeast Guinea.
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Last Known Ebola Patient Discharged In Guinea
Guinea's health authorities and the medical charity treating the last known Ebola patient in the country said Wednesday he had been discharged after successfully recovering from the disease.
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Guinea Says Has No Ebola Cases After Last Patient Recovers
Guinea's last known Ebola patient, a 19-day-old baby boy, has recovered and been released from a treatment centre in the capital Conakry, a health official said on Monday.
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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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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Goes Back to School
Sierra Leone's 1.8 million children prepared today to return to school, eight months after classes were shut to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
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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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US Clinician Cured of Ebola, Leaves Hospital
An American clinician has been cured of Ebola and was discharged from a hospital near the US capital, officials said Thursday.
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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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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Arrests 13 at Unsafe Burial: Police
Police in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone raided a funeral and arrested 13 people suspected of organising an unsafe burial, risking spreading the disease, officers said on Tuesday.
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Baby Dies of Ebola in Sierra Leone Area Where Outbreak Started
A baby has died of Ebola in a part of Sierra Leone where the outbreak began, dealing a blow to the recovery weeks after the district had eradicated the virus, officials said Monday.
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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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At Least 10 Americans Being Flown to US After Possible Ebola Exposure
At least 10 Americans possibly exposed to the deadly Ebola virus were being flown to the United States from Sierra Leone for observation, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.
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Ebola Death Toll Tops 10,000: WHO
More than 10,000 people have now died from the Ebola virus, almost all of them in west Africa, the World Health Organization said today.
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Hunger and Frustration Grow at Ebola Ground Zero in Guinea
A charred kapok tree and around a dozen graves scattered amongst the mud brick houses of Meliandou are painful reminders of the toll Ebola has taken on this village in southeast Guinea.
