Ebola – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sun, 29 Sep 2019 15:28:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Ebola – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Bobrisky Is Worse Than Ebola – Chief Olusegun Runsewe https://www.theinfostride.com/bobrisky-is-worse-than-ebola-chief-olusegun-runsewe/ Sun, 29 Sep 2019 15:28:44 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=237933 Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Chief Olusegun Runsewe has said Bobrisky’s impact on society is actually worse than Ebola. According to him, the youths must desist from imitating the crossdresser. Chief Olusegun added that the youths should keep seeing themselves as responsible and good ambassadors of Nigeria. His words, “Bobrisky is a [...]

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]]> Ebola Is Not Back In Nigeria – Ministry of Health https://www.theinfostride.com/ebola-is-not-back-in-nigeria-ministry-of-health/ Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:12:32 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=234911 The Federal Government has shut down rumors saying a case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has reared its head in Nigeria. The Ministry of Health in a recent press statement by its director of media, Boade Akinola, said the report is false and untrue. According to the statement, the permanent secretary of the ministry, Abdullaziz [...]

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]]> FG Condemns Foreign Airline For Ebola Scare https://www.theinfostride.com/fg-condemns-foreign-airline-for-ebola-scare/ Tue, 13 Jun 2017 22:52:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=168034 The Federal Government has condemned the breach of regulations by a foreign airline carrier on the repatriation of the remains of a Nigerian from Kinshasha, Democratic Republic of Congo. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole and the Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Dr Jide Idris, condemned the development in a joint statement on Thursday [...]

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]]> Nigerians Must Be Vigilant Over New Outbreak Of Ebola – Isaac Adewole https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerians-must-be-vigilant-over-new-outbreak-of-ebola-isaac-adewole/ Mon, 15 May 2017 09:31:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=165031 Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has called for heightened vigilance and intensified awareness efforts on symptoms of hemorrhagic fevers following the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Minister made the call in a statement issued on his behalf on Saturday in Abuja by Mrs Boade Akinola, Director Media and Public [...]

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]]> WHO Deploys Investigation Team To Congo For Ebola Outbreak https://www.theinfostride.com/who-deploys-investigation-team-to-congo-for-ebola-outbreak/ Sun, 14 May 2017 10:00:38 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=164828 The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed investigation team to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following reported outbreak of the Ebola virus in the country. WHO Executive Director for Emergencies, Peter Salama, in a statement on Friday, said at least one person had died of the virus. “An investigation team led by the [...]

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]]> Ebola No Longer Pose Global Risk – WHO https://www.theinfostride.com/ebola-no-longer-pose-global-risk-who/ Sun, 10 Apr 2016 21:16:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=125380 West Africa’s Ebola outbreak no longer constitutes a threat to international public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, declaring an end to a nearly 20-month emergency that has killed about 11,300 people. Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO director-general, accepted the recommendations of a committee of independent experts who also called for lifting any [...]

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]]> Guinea Finally Declared Free From Ebola https://www.theinfostride.com/guinea-finally-declared-free-from-ebola/ Tue, 29 Dec 2015 21:23:08 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=115801 West African nation of Guinea has been declared Ebola free after more than 2,500 people died from the virus, leaving Liberia the only country still counting down for an end to the ruinous epidemic. People in the capital, Conakry, on Tuesday greeted the declaration by authorities and the UN World Health Organization with mixed emotions [...]

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]]> Ebola Epidemic: The Case of Sierra Leone’s missing Ambulances https://www.theinfostride.com/ebola-epidemic-the-case-of-sierra-leones-missing-ambulances/ Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:47:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109020 Freetown, Sierra Leone – Mariam Momoh was already unconscious when the taxi pulled up in front of her house. She was pregnant and had been vomiting all morning, unable to keep anything down. Her husband, Moinina, had tried calling for an ambulance, but gave up after several hours of being told that there wasn’t one [...]

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]]> New Ebola case emerged in Liberia https://www.theinfostride.com/new-ebola-case-emerged-in-liberia/ Sat, 21 Nov 2015 14:13:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=107969 A new case of Ebola has been identified in Liberia, a country declared free of the deadly disease in September, health officials have said. The patient, a 10-year-old boy in Paynesville, a suburb east of the capital Monrovia, felt sick on November 14 and was hospitalised three days later, Bruce Aylward, the head of the [...]

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]]> Sierra Leone is Ebola free but a Legacy of Fear remains – Al Jazeera https://www.theinfostride.com/sierra-leone-is-ebola-free-but-a-legacy-of-fear-remains-al-jazeera/ Mon, 09 Nov 2015 21:13:19 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=106695 Twenty-nine-year-old Song strolls through the streets of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, as loud music blares out from the stalls of street vendors. “The war is over,” he says. “We’ve been liberated.” After 42 days with no new cases, the World Health Organization on Saturday officially declared Sierra Leone free from Ebola. “This time last year [...]

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]]> Sierra Leone declared Ebola-free https://www.theinfostride.com/sierra-leone-declared-ebola-free/ Sun, 08 Nov 2015 11:05:22 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=106427 Residents of Freetown in Sierra Leone have celebrated the end of an Ebola epidemic that has killed almost 4,000 people since it began last year. Following 42 days with no new cases, the West African nation’s epidemic was declared over on Saturday at a ceremony attended by President Ernest Bai Koroma and United Nations World [...]

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]]> How Traditional Healers helped defeat Ebola in Sierra Leone https://www.theinfostride.com/how-traditional-healers-helped-defeat-ebola-in-sierra-leone/ Fri, 06 Nov 2015 07:51:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=105750 Freetown, Sierra Leone – A year and a half after the Ebola outbreak began there is at last good news for Sierra Leone. On Saturday it is expected the country will reach 42 days since the last recorded case, meaning it will be officially declared Ebola free. Many of the almost 4,000 Sierra Leoneans killed [...]

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]]> Cross River Government Allays Fear Over Ebola At UCTH https://www.theinfostride.com/cross-river-government-allays-fear-over-ebola-at-ucth/ Fri, 09 Oct 2015 00:05:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=102318 The Cross River Government says it is awaiting results of blood samples of a patient, who died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) with symptoms of viral hemorrhagic fever. Dr. Sunday Omini, Director of Public Health in the state Ministry of Health, said this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency [...]

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]]> Sierra Leone’s last known Ebola Patient leaves Hospital https://www.theinfostride.com/sierra-leones-last-known-ebola-patient-leaves-hospital/ Wed, 26 Aug 2015 02:05:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/sierra-leones-last-known-ebola-patient-leaves-hospital/ Sierra Leone’s last known Ebola patient has been released from hospital, raising hopes the west African nation may finally have beaten the devastating epidemic. President Ernest Bai Koroma hailed “the beginning of the end of Ebola in Sierra Leone” pn Tuesday as Adama Sankoh, 34, was released from hospital in Makeni, the country’s third-largest city, [...]

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]]> Nigeria Provide Alternative Venue for Sierra Leone-Ivory Coast Afcon Qualifier | #Sports https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-provide-alternative-venue-for-sierra-leone-ivory-coast-afcon-qualifier-sports/ Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:40:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/nigeria-provide-alternative-venue-for-sierra-leone-ivory-coast-afcon-qualifier-sports/ The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that the country will entertain Sierra Leone’s qualifying matches for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). The Leone Stars hosts African champions Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday, 6 September, and the NFF said in a statement on Wednesday that either the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos or the [...]

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]]> Morocco Rejects Caf Sanctions https://www.theinfostride.com/morocco-rejects-caf-sanctions/ Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:13:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=72187 Morocco has rejected sanctions by the Confederation of African Football for withdrawing from hosting the African Cup of Nations, calling them harmful to the sport and against the rules. . Morocco pulled out two months before the tournament’s start in January, citing health risks from fans traveling from Ebola-affected regions in West Africa. It asked [...]

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]]> Polio: Bill Gates Commends Nigeria’s Success Story https://www.theinfostride.com/polio-bill-gates-commends-nigerias-success-story/ Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:15:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/12/polio-bill-gates-commends-nigerias-success-story/   The world’s richest man and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has commended the Goodluck Jonathan administration for recording significant success in its fight against the endemic polio virus disease. The co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, took to his official twitter handle, @BillGates, to celebrate the success, noting that the success story recorded by [...]

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]]> Omotola, Genevieve, Asa, lead The Future Awards Africa campaign to #StopEbola | “Join us now,” says Genevieve; “This is important,” says Omotola https://www.theinfostride.com/omotola-genevieve-asa-lead-the-future-awards-africa-campaign-to-stopebola-join-us-now-says-genevieve-this-is-important-says-omotola/ Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:16:13 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/11/omotola-genevieve-asa-lead-the-future-awards-africa-campaign-to-stopebola-join-us-now-says-genevieve-this-is-important-says-omotola/ The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has announced the leading influencers for its global campaign to pool 1 million young Africans to act against Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The #StopEbola campaign will be led by TFAA Young Person of the Year 2013, Ashish Thakkar and Africa’s leading creative icons – Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola [...]

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]]> Ebola: Not Yet Uhuru – David-West https://www.theinfostride.com/ebola-not-yet-uhuru-david-west/ Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:15:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/10/ebola-not-yet-uhuru-david-west/ A Former Minister of Petroleum and Energy under the military regime of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Tam David-West, has said it was not time for Nigeria to celebrate after being declared Ebola free by the World Health Organisation, warning that without proper vigilance, the virus could resurface in Nigeria. Nigeria was declared an Ebola free [...]

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]]> Jim Iyke Goes Into Bottled Water Business https://www.theinfostride.com/jim-iyke-goes-into-bottled-water-business/ Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:30:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/jim-iyke-goes-into-bottled-water-business/ Thirty-seven year old actor, James Ikechukwu Esomugha popularly known as Jim Iyke, has joined the list of entertainers who are trying their hands on the entrepreneurial skills available in the country. The Banking and Finance graduate of University of Jos took to Instagram few days ago to announce a new dimension in his life and [...]

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]]> Ebola Scare: Two Feared Dead, 20 Others Hospitalised Over Excessive Salt Consumption https://www.theinfostride.com/ebola-scare-two-feared-dead-20-others-hospitalised-over-excessive-salt-consumption/ Sat, 09 Aug 2014 03:15:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/ebola-scare-two-feared-dead-20-others-hospitalised-over-excessive-salt-consumption/ By Seriki Adinoyi At least two persons have been feared killed and 20 others hospitalised in various hospitals in Plateau State after consuming excessive quantity of salt and bitter kola to prevent Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) attack. The two, according  to a source in Shendam who spoke with our reporter on phone, were rushed to [...]

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]]> Ebola: S/West Governors Meet, Strategize On How To Curb Spread https://www.theinfostride.com/ebola-swest-governors-meet-strategize-on-how-to-curb-spread/ Thu, 07 Aug 2014 19:15:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/ebola-swest-governors-meet-strategize-on-how-to-curb-spread/ Southwest Governors met yesterday in Lagos State on how to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) following the death of a nurse, the first Nigerian victim, on Tuesday. The meeting, which held at the Ikeja Office of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), was attended by Governors Olusegun Mimiko [...]

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]]> Doctors, nurses and health staff urgently needed to combat ebola – UN health agency https://www.theinfostride.com/doctors-nurses-and-health-staff-urgently-needed-to-combat-ebola-un-health-agency/ Wed, 06 Aug 2014 05:35:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/doctors-nurses-and-health-staff-urgently-needed-to-combat-ebola-un-health-agency/ 4 August 2014 – The United Nations health agency today appealed for urgently needed contributions to combat the deadly Ebola disease in West Africa, saying hundreds of doctors, nurses, health staff and materials are needed in the region “as fast as possible.” World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Gregory Hartl said that this week is all [...]

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]]> Ebola: Fashola Wants Borders Closed https://www.theinfostride.com/ebola-fashola-wants-borders-closed/ Sat, 02 Aug 2014 23:15:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/ebola-fashola-wants-borders-closed/ Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has urged the Federal Government to close its borders with affected West African countries to prevent the outbreak of Ebola virus in the country. Speaking at Lagos House, Ikeja, on Friday, Fashola said Ebola was no longer a local problem, but an international one that required urgent measures in [...]

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]]> 2 Persons In Contact With Lagos Ebola Victim Develop Fever https://www.theinfostride.com/2-persons-in-contact-with-lagos-ebola-victim-develop-fever/ Sat, 02 Aug 2014 07:15:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/2-persons-in-contact-with-lagos-ebola-victim-develop-fever/ In an announcement that would send chills down the spines of many Nigerians, the Lagos State Government today (Friday) said two persons out of those who had contacts with Mr Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian who died of Ebola, had manifested symptoms of fever. Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, made this known in Ikeja, Lagos, [...]

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]]> #Health: Lagos Issues Ebola Alert https://www.theinfostride.com/lagos-issues-ebola-alert/ Mon, 14 Jul 2014 07:15:19 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/lagos-issues-ebola-alert/ The Lagos state government yesterday gave some precautionary measures to be taken to prevent the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, which has been ravaging some countries in West Africa, with high propensity to continue spreading. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, in a statement, said the measures became necessary with a view to preventing [...]

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]]> #Health: A Sierra Leone hospital battles Ebola https://www.theinfostride.com/a-sierra-leone-hospital-battles-ebola/ Mon, 14 Jul 2014 02:20:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/a-sierra-leone-hospital-battles-ebola/ Your views are important to us. IRIN is currently reviewing its work and we need to understand your views and priorities. Follow @{0} [embedded content] A health worker checks a blood sample for Ebola at Kenema government hospital, Sierra Leone KENEMA, 9 July 2014 (IRIN) – Hasan Kamara patiently labels blood samples at the government [...]

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