For the suspected people WHO recommended isolation unlike they have at least two blood tests confirming that they are not infected (Photo: AP)
Randgold Resources, which mines gold in neighbouring Mali and Ivory Coast, advised its workers not to travel to the affected countries. India and Greece advised their citizens on Wednesday against non-essential travel to Guinea, Liberia, Sierra
Some major airlines, such as British Airways and Emirates, have halted flights to affected countries, while many expatriates are leaving, officials said. "We've seen international workers leaving the country in numbers," Liberia's Finance Minister
Neighbouring Sierra Leone said it has implemented new restrictions at the airport and that it was asking passengers to take a temperature test. In the east, soldiers set up roadblocks to limit access to affected areas, MSF's Lorenzi said.
In an effort to control the disease's spread, Liberia has deployed the army to implement controls and isolate severely affected communities. The information ministry said on Wednesday that soldiers were being deployed to the rural counties of Lofa,
CPM central committee member Elamaram Kareem greets members of the Calicut Chamber of Commerce and Malabar Development Forum after receiving a fax message from the AAI, New Delhi office, assuring them that an order has been issued to restart the
In Saudi Arabia, a man suspected of contracting Ebola during a recent business trip to Sierra Leone also died early on Wednesday in Jeddah, the Health Ministry said. Saudi Arabia has already suspended pilgrimage visas from West African countries,
The test is designed for use on people who have symptoms of Ebola infection, are at risk or may have been exposed to the virus. It can take as long as 21 days for symptoms to appear after infection.
US health regulators on Wednesday authorised an Ebola diagnostic test developed by the Pentagon for use abroad on military personnel, aid workers and emergency responders in laboratories designated to help contain the outbreak.
"This outbreak is unprecedented and out of control," said Walter Lorenzi, head of medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Sierra Leone. "We have a desperate need for other actors on the ground - not in offices or in meetings - but with
"This outbreak is unprecedented and out of control," said Walter Lorenzi, head of medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Sierra Leone. "We have a desperate need for other actors on the ground - not in offices or in meetings - but with
United States announced that it would send 3,000 troops to tackle the Ebola outbreak as part of a ramped-up response including a major deployment in Liberia (Photo: AP)
With West Africa's rudimentary healthcare systems swamped, 45 new deaths from Ebola were reported in the three days to Aug. 4, the WHO said.
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan told the Parliament on Wednesday that a total of 44,700 Indians are living in different countries hit by Ebola, a deadly virus that has claimed 932 lives so far.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it would ask medical ethics experts to explore the emergency use of experimental treatments to tackle the highly contagious disease after a trial drug was given to two U.S. charity workers infected in Liberia.
K. Narsimulu, microbiologist, wears the dress given to him by the government approved by the WHO. (Photo: DC)
The WHO chief said the announcement is "a clear call for international solidarity" The outbreak is moving faster. It is for real and very typical. however it is not mysterious and can be contained if proper measures are taken" (Photo: AP)
The International health agency also sent out its recommendations for the funerals and burials. There is a lot of touching when someone dies. Infected Counties should ensure that the funerals and burials are carried with health regulations, with the
The International health agency also sent out its recommendations for the funerals and burials. There is a lot of touching when someone dies.
Significantly, the WHO recommended that the infected persons be kept in isolation for 30 days as they can shed virus and the people who are in contact should be monitored for 21 days. (Photo: AP)
While, the WHO did not recommend any travel or trade bans but said people who had close contact with Ebola patients should not travel internationally. For countries with Ebola, the WHO also discouraged mass gatherings (Photo: AP)
Calling it a largest outbreak with death rate of about 50 percent, the WHO DG Dr Margaret Chan said that" many countries will see Ebola virus. (Photo: AP)
The current outbreak of Ebola began in Guinea in March and has since spread to Sierra Leone and Liberia, with a suspected cluster in Nigeria. (Photo: AP)