Liberia President George Weah has conceded defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai on Friday after a tight presidential election race, ending a presidency tarnished by graft...
Tanzania has confirmed its first cases of Marburg, a high-fatality viral hemorrhagic fever with symptoms similar to Ebola, according to the World Health Organization. According to...
Researchers in Uganda say the Ebola virus circulating in the country has mutated. Prof Pontiano Kaleebu of the Uganda Virus Research Institute says there is however...
In Uganda, there are already 31 confirmed Ebola cases. Six confirmed deaths have now been reported, one further death having been reported. The country’s health ministry...
A 24-year-old man infected with Ebola has died in central Uganda in a fresh outbreak confirmed by health officials. The country’s health minister has told journalists...
A baby has died of Marburg in Ghana as health authorities clarify the figures of those killed by the virus that is from the same family...
The World Health Organization on Saturday officially announced the end of Guinea’s second Ebola outbreak which was declared on February 14. “I have the honour of...
The Senate on Wednesday considered a critical bill that would see to the eventual repeal of the obsolete Quarantine Act enacted in 1926, and help Nigeria...
The United Nations plans to release $15 million from its emergency relief fund to help fight the new outbreaks of Ebola in Guinea and Congo, according to U.N. humanitarian...
The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 (PTF) is enhancing surveillance at the nation’s points of entry to respond to recent outbreak of Ebola in neighbouring countries, especially,...