Washington: An Army two-star general and 11 of his staff are being isolated at the base in Italy upon returning from serving in West Africa to help with the Ebola fight. The general and his
Havana: A Cuban expert who died in Guinea was not infected with the Ebola virus, the Cuban health ministry said Monday.The 60-year-old man, who arrived in the Guinean capital of Conakry earlier this month as
London: The World Health Organisation (WHO), in its latest report Saturday said the number of Ebola virus cases has exceeded 10,000, with 4,922 deaths.Only 27 of the cases have occurred outside the three worst-hit countries
New York: A New York doctor who returned home after treating Ebola victims in West Africa has become a victim of the disease himself, giving way to afresh fears on communicability of the disease.Dr Craig
Washington: Allaying fears about spread of Ebola in the US, President Barack Obama today asserted that the country was not facing an outbreak of the deadly virus and it was fully prepared to confront the
United Nations: More than 1.2 billion people are living on less than USD 1.25 (Rs. 77 approx) a day and 2.4 billion are living on less than USD 2 a day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Geneva: A World Health Organisation official says there could be up to 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week within two months.WHO assistant director-general Dr. Bruce Aylward says if the response to the Ebola crisis
Washington: US President Barack Obama has spoken with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and French President Francois Hollande separately about the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the White House said.During his conversation with Ban Monday, Obama
Nairobi: The Ebola virus disease continues its relentless expansion through West Africa, the region where it first emerged, despite the resources deployed by other countries and new health protocols aimed at preventing the contagion from
London: Researchers have calculated new benchmark figures to precisely describe the raging Ebola epidemic in West Africa from a mathematical perspective, an approach that may help health authorities to contain the virus.Health authorities want to
Brussels: The European Union (EU) will organise airlift operation to the Ebola-hit west Africa, with the first cargo plane to take off on Friday.About 1 million euros (about $1.26 million) funding will be allocated to
New Delhi: Condemning attack on three African students who were assaulted by a mob four days back, the government has clearly stated that it ‘has zero tolerance for racism'.The government took this stand as diplomats
Dallas: The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. was confirmed on Tuesday in a patient who recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas—a sign of the far-reaching impact of the out-of-control epidemic in West
Geneva: The deadliest Ebola epidemic ever has now killed 2,811 in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.The UN health agency on Monday said that the tally of cases in five West African countries
New Delhi: From past six months, West Africa has been on the suffering end of the devastating effects of Ebola. The outbreak has turned more dreadful in recent weeks with death toll surging up and
Geneva: The number of people infected by the Ebola virus disease in West Africa reached 4,269 as of Tuesday, while the total number of related deaths stood at 2,288, according to World Health Organisation (WHO)
Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said the outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is ‘a distinct and independent event' with no relationship to the epidemic in West Africa.Based on virus sequencing
United Nations: The number of Ebola cases in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, has reached 2,240 and a total of 1,229 deaths were also registered, UN spokesman Steaphane Dujarric said here Tuesday."WHO is working
United Nations: With more than one million people affected by the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the WHO has warned that there is "no early end in sight" to the severe health crisis and
Dakar (Senegal): The World Health Organization (WHO) says the death toll in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed 1,000.The UN Health Agency said in a news release Monday that 1,013 people have died
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