Ebola
- India
Air France flight to US diverted to Montreal due to Ebola travel restrictions
Toronto: An Air France flight bound for Detroit was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Congo boarded a flight in Paris “in error” amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola…
- India
India issues Ebola advisory for travelers from high-risk African nations
Hyderabad: India’s Health Ministry on Thursday, May 21, issued an advisory for passengers arriving from or transiting through Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and South Sudan after fresh Ebola concerns. Travellers are…
- World
US pledges major Ebola aid surge, slams WHO over delayed alert
Washington: Pledging a major surge in assistance to contain a fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, the Trump Administration sharply criticised the World Health Organization (WHO) for what American officials described as…
- World
Congo opens more treatment centres after rare Ebola strain kills 120
Kinshasa: Congo will open three Ebola treatment centres in the eastern Ituri province, and the World Health Organisation is sending a team of experts to the country, following an outbreak of a…
- World
WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda
Abuja: WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday, May 17, after more than 300 suspected cases…
- World
WHO donates over 2000 doses of Ebola trial vaccine to Uganda following new outbreak
Kampala: The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated 2,160 doses of Ebola trial vaccine to Uganda to evaluate the efficacy of the vaccine in combating the virus which in the recent outbreak…
