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South Africa: President Ramaphosa Orders Repatriation Of Citizens From Wuhan
Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa, on Thursday ordered the repatriation of around two hundred citizens from Wuhan, the…
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Nigeria’s Health Ministry Reports First Confirmed Case Of Novel Coronavirus
Nigeria’s Health Ministry on Friday reported the country’s first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, the deadly virus that is…
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Egypt: First Confirmed COVID-19 Coronavirus Patient Tests Negative For The Disease
Egypt’s Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said the latest tests showed the person who…
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Egypt’s Health Ministry Reports First Confirmed Case Of Deadly Coronavirus
Egypt’s Health Ministry on Friday confirmed the first case of the deadly Coronavirus in the country, making it the first…
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WHO Says Ebola Outbreak Still An International Public Health Concern In DRC
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday announced that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) still…
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WHO Confirms Spike In Ebola Cases In DRC After Militants Attack On Treatment Camps
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said there is an alarming spike in the number of Ebola cases in…
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Measles Has Killed 5,000 People In The Democratic Republic Of Congo This Year So Far-WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said measles has already killed 5,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
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Somalia Govt Collaborates With WHO, UNICEF For Vaccination Campaign
The Somalia government in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched a vaccination…
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WHO Issues Warning Against Potential Ebola Risk Due To Insecurity Among DRC People
The World Health Organization on Friday issued a warning that around 360 people are at potential risk of Ebola after…
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UN, South Sudan To Vaccinate More Than 144,000 People Against Cholera
United Nations agencies and South Sudan’s health ministry will start a joint vaccination exercise on Monday to protect some 144,033…
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DR Congo: New Johnson & Johnson Ebola Vaccine To Be Tested On 500,000 Congolese
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have introduced a second vaccine to fight the deadly Ebola virus in…
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Johnson & Johnson Files For Approval From European Regulators For Ebola vaccine
Johnson & Johnson on Thursday said it had filed for approval from European regulators for its two-dose experimental vaccine to…
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UN Migration Agency Halts Ebola Screening After Aid Workers Killed In South Sudan
The United Nations migration agency, the International Organization for Migration (IMO), on Wednesday, announced it has suspended Ebola screening services…
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WHO Officially Confirms Two Of Three Polio Viruses Eradicated, Only One Remains
The World Health Organization on Thursday announced Polio has got one step closer to becoming the second human disease to…
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WHO Says Ebola Still A Global Health Emergency In DRC Despite Improvement In Numbers
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday said the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo still remains…
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WHO Says Ebola Virus In DRC Now Just Confined To A Smaller Geographical Area
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said the efforts untaken to stop the spread of Ebola in Democratic Republic…
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Tanzania Government Denied Hiding Ebola Related Information From WHO
The Tanzanian government on Thursday denied withholding any information on suspected cases of Ebola from the World Health Organisation (WHO),…
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US Government Issues Tanzania Travel Advisory Over Suspected Ebola Cases
The United States government on Friday issued a travel advisory for its citizens to take extra care when visiting Tanzania…
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WHO Accuses Tanzania Authorities Of Hiding Information About Suspected Ebola Cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) has accused the Tanzanian government of hiding information about multiple suspected Ebola cases in that…
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Uganda Health Ministry Returns 5 To DRC Who Had Contact With Ebola Victim
Uganda’s Health Ministry on Friday confirmed five Congolese people who had contact with a 9-year-old girl with Ebola were repatriated…
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DR Congo Ebola Cases Cross 3000 Mark, New Case Gets Detected In Uganda
The number of people who died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has crossed 2,000, government data showed…
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WHO Says Global Measles Cases Three Times Higher As Compared To Last Year
The World Health Organization on Thursday said the number of cases of measles, a vaccine-preventable disease that can kill or…
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Ebola Spreads To Remote, Militia-Controlled Territory Of Walikale In DRC
The health officials have confirmed detecting a new case of Ebola in the remote, militia-controlled territory of Walikale, which is…
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Scientists Hail Success Of First Effective Ebola Treatments In DRCongo Trial
Scientists might have finally found the most effective drugs in treating Ebola in two of the four experimental drugs trialed…
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Uganda Begins Trial Of Second Experimental Ebola Vaccine
Ugandan researchers have begun the trial of a second experimental Ebola vaccine that is expected to be deployed in neighboring…
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