Oil tanker explodes in Sierra Leone, killing at least 92
World | November 06, 2021 16:34 ISTThe explosion took place late Friday after a bus struck the tanker in Wellington, a suburb just to the east of Freetown.
The explosion took place late Friday after a bus struck the tanker in Wellington, a suburb just to the east of Freetown.
Some bodies were swept into the sea off the coast of the West African nation and have begun washing back ashore.
Johannesburg: The number of Ebola cases might have declined, but the crisis caused by the disease is not yet over, the global medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Monday.The organisation also revealed
United Nations: Two UN agencies -- the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) -- have come together to bring the cases of Ebola outbreak in West Africa down to zero, a
New Delhi: A team of World Health Organisation (WHO) workers who played a key role in eradicating polio from states like Wes Bengal Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, has now taken the challenge to fight against
Freetown: Sierra Leone is in a better position now than it has been, in its fight against Ebola, according to the new UN Ebola mission chief.Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the new head of the UN
Geneva: The World Health Organization says at least 8,153 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.The Geneva-based body said on Monday that the total number of confirmed, probable and suspected deaths from
London: A British nurse, who was diagnosed with Ebola after returning from Sierra Leone, is now in a critical condition, a hospital said.Doctors at the Royal Free Hospital in London said that Pauline Cafferkey's condition
London: A healthcare worker who just returned from Sierra Leone is being treated for Ebola at a hospital in Glasgow, the Scottish government said Monday.The woman, whose name was not disclosed, arrived at Glasgow Airport
London: Britain has pledged a 2.5 million pounds fund to help children affected by Ebola. The fund will go to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, according to the Department for International Development."Ebola not
Freetown: The head of the National Ebola Response Center of Sierra Leone, Paolo Conteh, said on Friday that there will be no Christmas and New year festivities this year.The center's chief executive officer Conteh made
Geneva: More than 6,300 people have now died from Ebola in the three hardest hit nations in west Africa, the World Health Organization has said, as Sierra Leone overtook Liberia as the country with the
Freetown: The World Health Organization says the number of people infected with Ebola has passed 17,000, as Sierra Leone announced that its 10th doctor has been sickened.Numbers released today by WHO include about 200 new
Washington: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the spread of the deadly Ebola virus could be contained by mid-2015.Ban made the observation Friday and said that the Ebola outbreak could be contained by continuing
Havana: A member of the 165-member medical team Cuba sent to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with the disease, state media reported on Tuesday.Dr. Felix Baez Sarria is being treated by British
Geneva: The World Health Organisation said today that 5,177 people had so far died of Ebola across eight countries, out of a total 14,413 cases of infection, since late December 2013.On Wednesday, the UN health
Geneva: The World Health Organisation said today that 13,268 people had been infected with Ebola across eight countries, and 4,960 of them had died.On Wednesday, it had reported 13,042 cases and 4,818 deaths.The UN health
United Nations: UNICEF said that the agency would be increasing its staff from 300 to 600 to combat Ebola in West Africa's Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the three countries most affected by the dreaded
Fort Kent, Maine: A nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone can move about as she pleases after a judge eased state-imposed restrictions on her, handing officials in Maine a defeat in the nation's
Canberra: Australia is suspending entry visas for people from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa in an attempt to keep out the disease.The government is canceling and refusing non-permanent or temporary visas held by people who
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