Another Texas health care worker tests positive to Ebola

Oh no! Sad for this hospital. A second health care worker at the Texas Presbyterian Hospital has tested positive to Ebola, a few days after a nurse, Nina Pham, tested positive. The new case is also one of those who attended to late Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian who took Ebola to America.

Confirming the 2nd diagnoses, the US Center for Disease Control and prevention said in a statement

US may start screening air passengers for Ebola

Looks like the US is considering screening passengers from Ebola hit countries before they enter the country. This is coming about a week after a Liberian man entered the country with Ebola. President Obama said yesterday that though the likelihood of an Ebola outbreak in the US is "extremely low' but they have to react.

"We're also going to be working on protocols to do additional passenger screening both at the source and here in the United States. Countries that think that they can sit on the sidelines and just let the United

Ebola: Dencia Mocks America

As the United States gradually begins to settle into the harsh realities of having two confirmed Ebola victims – people like Dencia can’t help but mock them for previously ignoring Ebola like though it was Africa’s curse and cross.

Lagos House of Assembly members ask Fashola to rename IDH after Adadevoh

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly moved a motion yesterday September 24th asking the state Governor, Babatunde Fashola to rename the Infectious Disease Hospital, IDH, where Ebola disease patients were recently treated, after Doctor Stella Adadevoh.

The motion for her to be immortalized was moved by Hon Adefunmilayo Tejuoso and seconded by Hon Muyiwa Jimoh. The lawmakers said Dr. Adadevoh's act of stopping Sawyer from leaving the First Consultant hospital after she found out he was infected with the deadly virus, saved many lives

Ebola: Lagos State Teachers Vow Not To Resume Today

For fear of more outbreak of the dreaded Ebola virus, the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Lagos State Chapter has vowed that its members will not resume for the 2014/2015 academic session tomorrow, Monday, September 22, warning the Lagos State Government against coercing its members to resume.

The warning came as the union alleged that the state government had not provided any Ebola Virus Disease kit in schools in the state.

The state NUT Chairman, Mr. Segun Raheem, insisted that members of the union would not resume until the EVD facilities were in place in schools, noted that the state government had resorted to intimidation to force them to resume.

EBOLA: 2nd Female Nigerian Doctor Infected by Sawyer Survives; Tells her Story of Survival

Dr. Ada Igonoh of First Consultants Hospital is one of the doctors who attended to Patrick Sawyer.




She eventually got infected with the virus but miraculously survived. Dr. Ada Igonoh shared her very moving, gripping story with BellaNaija and it is a must read, guys. Story is a long one, but yeah..you have to read this!

On the night of Sunday July 20, 2014, Patrick Sawyer was wheeled into the Emergency Room at First Consultants Medical Centre, Obalende, Lagos, with complaints of fever and body weakness. The male doctor on call admitted him as a case of malaria and took a full history. Knowing that Mr. Sawyer had recently arrived from Liberia, the doctor asked if he had been in contact with an Ebola patient in the last couple of weeks, and Mr. Sawyer denied any such contact.

Nollywood Actor Raises False Ebola Alarm And Gets Arrested

Kingsley Bassey to face charges over raising false Ebola alarm

Nollywood actor Kingsley Chris Bassey was arrested over making a false Ebola alert, which resulted in disrupt of Arik Airline flight.

Bassey allegedly placed a hoax call to an Arik Air flight from Enugu to Lagos saying that there was a woman on the flight infected with the deadly tropical disease, Today reports.

The airline later explained how it all happened saying that “about 1.05p.m. on 29 August, a certain man from Enugu, called the airline’s customer call centre to alert the airline that his girlfriend who was under quarantine for the EVD had escaped and was on board flight W3 611 from Enugu to Lagos. Immediately the flight

Ebola: South African woman arrested at Lagos Airport [See Photos]

A female South African national is being held by Nigerian health authorities after showing potential symptoms of the Ebola virus disease.

The South African woman, whose identity was not revealed had reportedly been working in Guinea and Sierra Leone.

She is being treated as a suspected case and has been taken to Lagos’ Ebola treatment centre for tests to ascertain whether she has the virus.

Ebola: Britain To Send Military, Humanitarian Experts To Sierra Leone

British Government said it would send military and humanitarian experts to Sierra Leone to set up a medical treatment centre there to care for victims of the Ebola outbreak.

Britain took the decision after 11 major companies pressurised the international community to step up the fight against the worst outbreak of the disease.

“I’m Now Free from Ebola, but I’ve Lost my Job” – Akagha, Ebola Virus Survivor

Mr. Dennis Akagha has been certified by doctors to be free of Ebola Virus, but his fiancée, Miss Justina Ejelonu, a nurse at First Consultant Hospital, Lagos Island, Lagos who came in contact with Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American that brought the virus to Nigeria, did not survive the disease. In this interview with GBENRO ADEOYE of PUNCH, Akagha shares his near-death experience, the stigma he faced and the promise he made to his late fiancée

Port Harcourt records 2nd Ebola death - Health Minister

 

The Nigerian Ministry of Health has announced the death of another Ebola patient in Port Harcourt. The victim is said to be an elderly woman who contracted the deadly virus while on admission in the same hospital where late Dr Enemoah died. The Minister's spokesman, Dan Nwomeh announced this on twitter today. Continue to see more of his tweets...

Panic At Luth As Patient Exhibiting Symptoms Of Ebola Dies

The death of a patient, who is suspected to have Ebola, has caused panic among patients and doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi- Araba, Lagos State.

A reliable source, who confirmed this development to our correspondent in Lagos on Tuesday, said the patient was brought in by members of the health authorities at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, to the hospital on Monday.

Photo of Nigerian diplomat, Olu-Ibukun Koye who took Ebola to Port Harcourt

This is the first photo of Olu-Ibukun Koye ,the Nigerian diplomat working for ECOWAS, who escaped quarantine in Lagos and left for Port Harcourt .

How I survived Ebola – Late Nurse fiance, Dennis Akagha speaks

Dennis Akagha, the fiance of Justina Ejelonu, the First Consultant Hospital nurse who died after being infected with the deadly Ebola virus by Liberian Patrick Sawyer, in this exclusive interview with Vanguard spoke about how his late fiancee contracted the deadly disease, how she lost their unborn child while battling with Ebola, and also revealed that Justina had just landed the job at the hospital and met Sawyer on her first day there. He also spoke on how he got infected with the virus and how he finally got discharged. Fimd the in-depth interview below..

On his relationship with the late Justina, Dennis said;

Dogs eating corpses of Ebola victims in Liberia - residents claim

Residents of Johnsonville Township, outside Monrovia in Liberia are claiming that dogs are digging up the corpses of Ebola victims buried in shallow graves in Liberia and eating them in the streets.

Nigeria successfully contains Ebola, has only one case left - Health Minister

Minister of Health Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu said today that Nigeria has been able to reduce the number of Ebola cases to just one.

At a press briefing held today August 26th in Abuja, Prof. Onyebuchi said only one patient out of the 13 confirmed cases in Nigeria is still at the Isolation center. He said five of those infected died while seven have successfully recovered and have been discharged. He also said two of the nurses who attended to Patrick Sawyer at the First Consultant hospital were discharged yesterday.

FG postpones resumption of primary & secondary schools to Oct. 15th

The Federal Government has postponed the resumption of primary and secondary schools across the country to October 22nd, it has been announced. Primary and Secondary schools were supposed to resume on September 22nd but about two weeks, FG postponed it indefinitely to prevent an outbreak of the Ebola Viral Disease. They announced today that schools can resume October 15th.

The Federal Government also stopped all summer schools.

Nadia Buari sick & tired of Ebola

The ongoing Ebola menace in this side of Africa has indeed caused panic amongst citizens of affected countries and it’s neighboring, meanwhile education on the killer disease has been destabilized.



Sadly, passionate actress Nadia Buari has been affected by the inability of authorities to provide essential education on the disease, this prompted her to enlighten her social media following on Ebola.

Also in a short video Nadia Buari entreats everyone to Prevent, Protect and Project, she sturdily believes Africa will rise above Ebola.

LOL….See What Ebola Is Now Causing In Churches

This is really serious.. Some members have been staying away from church in the last two weeks because of ‘Ebola’, hence worried pastors are now organising Crusades against Ebola. But will crusade not complicate the issue?

Ebola might be a scam (MUST READ)

Strictly a Personal Opinion..

By Greg Ighodaro.

I know you already have your reservations against my caption, but you might want to keep them under bucket until you get to the end of this article, just follow closely and let’s review this together.


Towards the end of last month a deadly and very contagious disease EVD (EBOLA virus disease) was said to have resurfaced after some patients started showing the symptoms’ again. The deadly disease known to have started way back as at the 70’s has found its way amongst humans again and this time more effectively.