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Sierra Leone, Liberia Risk Ebola-Like Outbreaks From Poor Sanitation
Sierra Leone and Liberia risk new deadly epidemics akin to the impact of the Ebola virus due to lack of clean water and hygienic conditions in most homes, an NGO warned Tuesday.
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Sierra Leone Stops Mandatory Testing Of Corpses For Ebola
Sierra Leone declared today that it would stop the mandatory testing of all dead bodies for the Ebola virus, lifting a restriction put in place at the end of an outbreak that claimed thousands of lives.
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Guinea Government Says 2 People Have Died From Ebola
Two people from the same family have died from Ebola in Guinea, the government said Thursday, as the WHO declared a flare-up of the virus in neighbouring Sierra Leone over.
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Sierra Leone Has 2nd Ebola Case After Epidemic Thought Over
Officials in Sierra Leone say there's now a second case of Ebola in the country since health authorities had declared an end to the epidemic.
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Sierra Leone Vaccinates People Quarantined After Ebola Death
Sierra Leone authorities Wednesday announced a vaccination programme for people quarantined following a new Ebola death last week just as west Africa declared an end to the epidemic.
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More Than 100 People Quarantined After Sierra Leone Ebola Death
More than 100 people have been quarantined in Sierra Leone after coming in contact with a woman who died of Ebola last week, highlighting the potential for the disease to spread, just as the deadliest outbreak on record appeared to be over.
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Sierra Leone Puts Over 100 People In Quarantine After New Ebola Death
Sierra Leone's government on Saturday urged the public not to panic as it announced that more than 100 people had been quarantined following a new death from Ebola just as the country seemed to have overcome the epidemic.
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Ebola-Free Sierra Leone Bets On Cocoa To Spark Recovery
In July 2014, Adrian Simpson was on a night out in Sierra Leone's third city of Kenema to celebrate his biggest deal yet: a contract to supply a new business partner with cocoa beans from his company's plantation.
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WHO to Declare End of Ebola in Sierra Leone
The World Health Organization is set to announce Saturday that Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone has beaten an epidemic that killed almost 4,000 of its people and plunged the economy into recession.
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British Ebola Nurse Now 'Critically Ill': Hospital
A British nurse who was successfully treated in January after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone is now "critically ill" due to a resurgence of the virus, the hospital treating her said today.
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British Ebola Survivor Nurse Treated For 'Unusual' Complication
A British nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone was flown to a specialist London hospital unit on Friday, nearly nine months after she was discharged, due to an "unusual late complication".
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Sierra Leone Quarantines 700 After New Ebola Death
Health authorities in Sierra Leone said Tuesday they had quarantined almost 700 people as they battled to contain a new outbreak of Ebola which killed a 16-year-old girl.
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Sierra Leone Eases Restrictions as Ebola Danger 'Recedes'
Sierra Leoneans can go to sporting events and nightclubs for the first time in more than a year, after health officials declared there had been progress in rolling back a deadly epidemic of Ebola.
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Last 4 Ebola Cases in Liberia Discharged From Clinic
The last four cases of Ebola in Liberia were discharged from a treatment clinic in the capital Monrovia on today, meaning there were no more confirmed carriers of the deadly virus in the West African country.
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Liberia Confirms New Ebola Case as Outbreak Spreads
A Liberian woman has died of Ebola in a hospital in Monrovia shortly after being admitted, becoming the sixth confirmed case and second death since the virus resurfaced last month, a senior medical official said on Tuesday.
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Sierra Leone, Liberia Risk Ebola-Like Outbreaks From Poor Sanitation
Sierra Leone and Liberia risk new deadly epidemics akin to the impact of the Ebola virus due to lack of clean water and hygienic conditions in most homes, an NGO warned Tuesday.
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Sierra Leone Stops Mandatory Testing Of Corpses For Ebola
Sierra Leone declared today that it would stop the mandatory testing of all dead bodies for the Ebola virus, lifting a restriction put in place at the end of an outbreak that claimed thousands of lives.
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Guinea Government Says 2 People Have Died From Ebola
Two people from the same family have died from Ebola in Guinea, the government said Thursday, as the WHO declared a flare-up of the virus in neighbouring Sierra Leone over.
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Sierra Leone Has 2nd Ebola Case After Epidemic Thought Over
Officials in Sierra Leone say there's now a second case of Ebola in the country since health authorities had declared an end to the epidemic.
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Sierra Leone Vaccinates People Quarantined After Ebola Death
Sierra Leone authorities Wednesday announced a vaccination programme for people quarantined following a new Ebola death last week just as west Africa declared an end to the epidemic.
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More Than 100 People Quarantined After Sierra Leone Ebola Death
More than 100 people have been quarantined in Sierra Leone after coming in contact with a woman who died of Ebola last week, highlighting the potential for the disease to spread, just as the deadliest outbreak on record appeared to be over.
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Sierra Leone Puts Over 100 People In Quarantine After New Ebola Death
Sierra Leone's government on Saturday urged the public not to panic as it announced that more than 100 people had been quarantined following a new death from Ebola just as the country seemed to have overcome the epidemic.
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Ebola-Free Sierra Leone Bets On Cocoa To Spark Recovery
In July 2014, Adrian Simpson was on a night out in Sierra Leone's third city of Kenema to celebrate his biggest deal yet: a contract to supply a new business partner with cocoa beans from his company's plantation.
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WHO to Declare End of Ebola in Sierra Leone
The World Health Organization is set to announce Saturday that Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone has beaten an epidemic that killed almost 4,000 of its people and plunged the economy into recession.
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British Ebola Nurse Now 'Critically Ill': Hospital
A British nurse who was successfully treated in January after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone is now "critically ill" due to a resurgence of the virus, the hospital treating her said today.
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British Ebola Survivor Nurse Treated For 'Unusual' Complication
A British nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone was flown to a specialist London hospital unit on Friday, nearly nine months after she was discharged, due to an "unusual late complication".
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Sierra Leone Quarantines 700 After New Ebola Death
Health authorities in Sierra Leone said Tuesday they had quarantined almost 700 people as they battled to contain a new outbreak of Ebola which killed a 16-year-old girl.
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Sierra Leone Eases Restrictions as Ebola Danger 'Recedes'
Sierra Leoneans can go to sporting events and nightclubs for the first time in more than a year, after health officials declared there had been progress in rolling back a deadly epidemic of Ebola.
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Last 4 Ebola Cases in Liberia Discharged From Clinic
The last four cases of Ebola in Liberia were discharged from a treatment clinic in the capital Monrovia on today, meaning there were no more confirmed carriers of the deadly virus in the West African country.
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Liberia Confirms New Ebola Case as Outbreak Spreads
A Liberian woman has died of Ebola in a hospital in Monrovia shortly after being admitted, becoming the sixth confirmed case and second death since the virus resurfaced last month, a senior medical official said on Tuesday.
