Ebola: The Rise And Fall Of Africa

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Today I write in fear, like every other residents of the only black continent in the world. Our world is ravaged by a dreadful holocaust and our existence under extreme threat. Africa, as the world knows it may soon become a park of flirt and death. The over one billion men and women, boys and girls, young and old may soon become extinct.

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Ebola: No scientific proof of bitter cola potency – Minister

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The Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said there is no scientific evidence of bitter cola potency in the cure and prevention of Ebola virus disease.

The research work that people are laying claims, to according to the minister is inconclusive.

It would be recalled that in 1999, a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu, alongside some American researchers conducted a research that showed that extract from bitter cola tend to neutralize the effects of virus. But the outcome of that research work has not been scientifically confirmed to be true or not.

African/American Leaders Summit: US to test Pres. Jonathan’s aides, other Africans for Ebola

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You can find reports that the US is likely to screen a delegation from Nigeria and other affected African countries billed to go to the African/American Leaders Summit on Monday August 4th in Washington DC, for contact with Ebola. In accordance with Reuters, president Obama said some African participants will undoubtedly be screened because it's important that they protect US from the outbreak.

"Folks who are from these countries that have even a marginal risk, or an infinitesimal risk of having been exposed in some fashion, we’re making sure we’re doing screening.” Obama said.

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American Doctor infected with Ebola Arrives in U.S. for Treatment

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One of two American doctors infected with Ebola landed in the United States today, the first time anyone infected with the deadly virus has been brought into the country. A plane carrying Kent Brantly arrived late Saturday morning at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga., and was being transferred to a special isolation unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta for treatment. 

Ebola: FG stops corpses of Nigerians

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The Federal Government will no longer allow the remains of dead Nigerians, especially from countries battling Ebola virus, from being brought into the country for burial.

The Federal Government is also probing the corpse of a Nigerian that was brought into the country from Liberia last month to ascertain whether the deceased died of Ebola or not.

The Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Professor Abdulsalami Nasidi, said this on Friday in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.
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Ebola: Abuja residents embrace safety measures

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Abuja residents have begun to adjust their lifestyles to avoid contracting the Ebola virus, a News Agency of Nigeria survey has shown.  The virus has claimed over 700 lives in West African, including Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian who died in Nigeria after contracting the virus in his country.  A civil servant, Mrs Janet Obinna, told NAN that she had embraced the habit of regularly washing her hands and other sanitary measures as experts had advised.

Obinna said that contrary to her husband’s preference for bush meat in the meal, the family had resorted to eating goat meet and beef.

She said, 

The Likely Cure For The Deadly Ebola Virus

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By Dr. Simbo Davidson

On 22 July 2014, the first case of the dreaded Ebola virus arrived in Nigeria via an Asky aircraft. However, no one knew it at the time. How did this happen? How had this patient been screened at his port of departure, that is Liberia airport? We can also ask ourselves yet another question. Why is it taking so long to curtail the epidemic? For instance, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently announced that as at 23 July 2014, the Ebola epidemic had claimed 672 lives. Furthermore, there are currently 1201 suspected and confirmed cases across West Africa.
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Ebola crisis: Infected aid worker heads to US

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A hospital in Atlanta is preparing to receive a US aid worker infected with the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa.

The unnamed patient will be flown to the US in the next few days for treatment at a high-security ward at Emory University Hospital, medics said.
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Numbers to call if you notice any likelihood of the Ebola Disease

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1. 08023169485
2. 08033086660
3. 08033065303
4. 08055281442
5. 08055329229

Ebola: Envoy, 58 persons had contacts with dead Liberian

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Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris

The Lagos State Government said on Monday that it had identified no fewer than 59 people who had contacts with the Liberian who died of Ebola Virus in the state, Mr Patrick Sawyer.

Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, said at a news conference in Ikeja that the contact tracing became imperative to ascertain any possible transmission of the virus by the victim.
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Charles Novia Sees the Liberian Man That Brought Ebola To Lagos as A Medical Terrorist

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Controversial Nollywood director and producer, Charles Novia shared on his Facebook page that the Liberian man that died of Ebola virus is a medical terrorist, and that he was sent on a mission to spread ebola virus in Nigeria. Check out his post after the break...........

Liberian man in Lagos being tested for Ebola

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The Lagos State Ministry of Health today July 24th said a Liberian man in his 40s is being tested for the deadly Ebola virus in Lagos.   On July 14th, the Lagos state government issued an alert to residents of the state over the deadly virus currently sweeping through some west African countries, including Liberia.  Further details on the outcome of the test is still being expected. This would be the first recorded case of one of the world's deadliest diseases in Nigeria.

Liberia: Nigeria Donates U.S.$500,000 to Liberia's Fight Against Ebola.

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The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan has announced his country's donation of US$ 500,000 to the Government of Liberia to aid with the fight against the deadly Ebola Virus.