Ivory Coast detects first Ebola case in 25 years
Aug 15, 2021 Ivory Coast has declared a first case of the Ebola hemorrhagic virus in 25 years, the health minister and the World Health Organization (WHO) said separately on…
Marburg virus: We’re at low risk, FG closely monitoring situation – NCDC
August 13, 2021 Nigeria is at low odds of an outbreak of the Marburg virus, the Federal Government disclosed on Friday. Marburg, a highly dangerous pathogen that causes haemorrhagic fever,…
Guinea monitoring 155 contacts after confirmed Marburg case -WHO
Aug. 11, 2021 Health authorities in Guinea are monitoring 155 people who may have been in contact with a confirmed case of Marburg virus disease, a highly infectious haemorrhagic fever…
Guinea records West Africa’s first Marburg virus death – WHO
Aug 10, 2021 Health authorities in Guinea have confirmed one death from Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the World Health Organization said on Monday. It…
Guinea records probable case of Ebola-like Marburg virus
Aug 7, 2021 A probable case of Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, has been detected in Guinea, the health ministry said on Friday. Two laboratories in…
WHO Declares An End To Second Ebola Outbreak In Guinea
June 19, 2021 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…
Guinea Ebola outbreak: Resurgence of previously circulated W/Africa strain – CDC says
The new Ebola outbreak in the West African nation of Guinea is directly related to the region’s devastating epidemic between 2014 and 2016. The African Centres for Disease Control (CDC)…
DRC records 3 new ebola cases as one recover
Three more new cases of the Ebola virus disease have been confirmed in the Butembo health zone in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an official said. The Provincial…
FG, corporate organisations resolute on building capacity for local production of vaccines – Prof. Akpa
Prof Alex Akpa, Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), says there is renewed commitment by the present administration and corporate organisations on building capacity for local production of vaccines, biopharmaceuticals…
WHO says 19 potential COVID-19 vaccines currently in clinical trials globally as only 2% of trials conducted Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there are 19 potential COVID-19 vaccines currently in clinical trials globally. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, disclosed this on its official…