[UPDATE] Second patient undergoing Ebola test in Scotland

December 30, 2014by @RadioClydeNews
Second woman being tested for Ebola in Scotland had no direct contact with infected patients http://t.co /egjy4tsz0c
— STV News (@STVNews) December 30, 2014
BREAKING: First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says a second patient is being tested for #Ebolain Scotland after returning from West Africa.
— Radio Clyde News (@RadioClydeNews) December 30, 2014

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First case of Ebola recorded in Scotland

The first case of Ebola virus has been recorded in Scotland. According to the Scottish government, the Ebola patient is a health worker who arrived Scotland from Sierra Leone today December 29th where she was helping to care for Ebola victims.

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EBOLA: Morocco refuse to host 2015 Afcon

The north African nation have asked for the tournament to be postponed until 2016 over fears the Ebola disease could reach the country if they host it in January Morocco have confirmed they have opted out of hosting the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in light of the Ebola crisis across the continent.
The country have asked for the tournament to be shifted to 2016 to prevent the possible spread of the disease that has ravaged three countries in west Africa, and avoid harming their tourism industry.
Earlier this week the governing body handed Morocco a deadline of this Saturday to make a decision over the competition ahead of a further meeting between African nations in Cairo next week.
A statement from Morocco’s sports ministry said: “The decision is dictated by health reasons because of the serious threat of Ebolaand the risk of its spreading.”
The Confederation of African football (CAF) has rejected the idea of postponing or cancelling the competition and will now need to look for new hosts, less than two months before the start of the tournament on January 17, 2015.
Ghana and South Africa have both been approached over staging the showpiece, but neither country has expressed an interested in doing so.
Morocco's refusal could see the nation handed sanctions in the form of a suspension from future tournaments, despite offering to host the Afcon in 2017 as way of compensating for their late withdrawal.

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Lagos House of Assembly members ask Fashola to rename IDH after Adadevoh

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly moved a motion on September 24th asking the state Governor, Babatunde Fashola to rename the Infectious Disease Hospital, IDH, where Ebola disease patients were recently treated, after Doctor Stella Adadevoh.

The motion for her to be immortalized was moved by Hon Adefunmilayo Tejuoso and seconded by Hon Muyiwa Jimoh. The lawmakers said Dr. Adadevoh's act of stopping Sawyer from leaving the First Consultant hospital after she found out he was infected with the deadly virus, saved many lives

The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji directed the clerk of the House, Segun Abiru to communicate the decision to the state Governor. If approved by the Governor, the hospital will be known as the Stella Adadevoh Infectious Disease Hospital. Hope he approves...

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EBOLA: LIBERIAN WOMAN HUNG HERSELF IN LAGOS

In the City of Lagos, there lived a woman named Kate ( a Liberian woman ) . She was hanging her on a peach tree around the area of Magodo. According to the story received from the Punch newspaper, she has been ill for a while. Due to the fact that she is a Liberian woman causing an ebola scare in the community. People started ignoring her, some stop selling stuffs to her. Devastatingly, she got frustrated and hung herself                              THIS IS SO TRAGIC !!!

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House of Reps want Sept 22 schools' resumption date changed

The House of Representatives want the September 22nd school resumption date for private and public primary/secondary changed.

According to Punch, the Reps explained yesterday that it had directed its Committee on Education to take “another look” at the date in view of the fact that the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country had yet to be fully contained.

The Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Victor Ogene, who conveyed the position of the House in Abuja, said there was still apprehension among parents and guardians over the Federal Government’s decision to change the earlier resumption date of October 13 to September 22. Continue...

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‘All Nigerian schools to resume September 22nd’ – FG

The Federal government has directed all primary and secondary schools to resume on Monday September 22nd. The resumption date for schools had earlier been postponed to October 13th as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria. Parents can now prepare their kids for the next academic session that has been delayed for months now. A lot of people do not support this resumption because of Ebola still ravaging cities in Nigeria.

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Dramatic Moment Desperate Ebola Escapee Dragged Back Into Quarantine Truck

Health workers forcing the man into the waiting truck A footage online today shows the moment an Ebola patient who escapes quarantine in search of food is forced into the back of a truck after being recaptured.

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GOOD NEWS: Ebola Drug Passes Early Test

After all the bad news that have been going round over the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West African countries, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, a piece of good news finally arrived some moments ago. Reporting online in the British journal Nature, researchers at the Public Health Agency of Canada announced that a prototype drug, ZMapp, that has been urgently given to a handful of patients with Ebola has cleared an important test hurdle. According to the scientists report, the drug test results showed that ZMapp cured lab monkeys that have been infected with the Ebola virus disease.

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10-year-old Girl From Nigeria Suspected To Be Infected With Ebola Virus Causes Panick In British Airline

Nowadays if anyone is having a mere headache, people classify it as Ebola….Passengers on a British Airways flight from London were kept on the aircraft for over two hours after a young African girl complained of feeling unwell on the flight.

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Ebola: Canada offers 1000 dose of experimental vaccine to Africa

The Canadian Public Health Agency has offered to release 1000 dose of a made-in-Canada experimental Ebola virus vaccine known as VSV-EBOV which has never been tested on humans but has shown to be effective in the treatment of the disease in animals.

In a statement released yesterday August 12th, the Canadian Health Minister Rona Ambrose said the World Health Organization's Director general, Margaret Chan, has approved of the donation. 

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Ebola: Private Hospitals Reject Patients With Fever Symptoms

Some private hospitals in Lagos yesterday Tuesday August 12th rejected treating patients who visited them with symptoms of fever as part of measures being taking to prevent contracting the Ebola virus. 

A visit by the News Agency of Nigeria to some hospitals in Lagos Metropolis showed that nurses and other health workers, including cleaners were seen wearing face mask and gloves while attending to patients. Continue...

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"My friend may have Ebola, I gave him $10k & he's disappeared' - Australian tweets

Lol. How hilarious! An Australian named Andrew Sayer claimed on twitter that he gave a Nigerian man named Oghenekohwo $10k and hasn't heard from him since he gave him the money. Now he says he fears that the Nigerian may have contracted the deadly Ebola virus, hence his silence. No be only Ebola...na Eloba. Of course Nigerians were quick to let him know he'd been 419ed. Continue...

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Federal Government Warn Nigerians Against Bathing With Salt Water

 The Federal Government has advised Nigerians to disregard a text message and postings on social media that hot water and salt may be used to prevent Ebola infection and cure infected persons.

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Dangerous Rumour:- Hot Water And Salt Does Not Prevent Ebola [MUST READ]

 So I woke up this morning with over 15messages on my phone about the salt theraphy fro ebola and calls started coming in with people telling me to bath with hot water and add enough salt to it some even told me i should add a little cold water to it and put salt while some said after taking the shower i should rub my body with salt, someone even told me to drink hot water and salt.

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WOW! ”ZMAPP SERUM” THE ALLEGED CURE FOR EBOLA IS GOTTEN FROM RATS!

 According to CNN Two American missionary workers infected with the deadly Ebola virus were given an experimental drug that seems to have saved their lives. Dr. Kent Brantly was given the medication, ZMapp, shortly after telling his doctors he thought he would die, according to a source familiar with his case.

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“It Scares Me”- Jim Iyke Exits Monvoria, Liberia amid Ebola Outbreak with a Face Mask

Jim Iyke heads out of Liberia’s capital city Monrovia.
The Nollywood actor who visited the country for business has revealed that he is scared about the deadly virus and although his business plans  were not concluded, he had to leave.
Jim posted this photo of himself sitting in the airport’s VIP lounge, wearing a face mask. Although it has not be revealed that the virus is now airborne, Jim seems to be taking his own precautionary steps.
” Monrovia, unfinished biz; Leavin tonite. Nt ashamed to admit tis ish scares the Jesus outta me. #Ebola!!!!” he said.
Photo Credit: Instagram

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Doctor who treated more than 100 Ebola patients dies from the virus

The Sierra Leonean doctor who treated more than 100 Ebola patients has also died. Dr Sheik Umar Khan (pictured above), who was hailed as a national hero for disregarding his own health and helping sick patients, died today July 29th from the disease after being diagnosed with the virus last week. He contacted the virus despite wearing protective gear when treating patients.

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Update on the Ebola Virus case in Lagos

Briefing newsmen today, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Public Health, Dr Yewande Adeshina said the Liberian man being tested for the Ebola Virus is currently at a private hospital in Obalende, Lagos. She said the man has been isolated and the hospital vicinity cordoned off and that 30 other people are also being tested for possible contact with the deadly virus.

Dr Adeshina warned residents to;

“keep personal and environmental hygiene” and urged those who notice “strange feeling or symptoms similar to those of Ebola virus, which ranges from fever, headache, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, sore throat and joint pains, which are all symptoms of other ailments, to visit competent health facilities”.

In the absence of such facilities, she said residents should call the following numbers - 08023169485, 08033086660, 08033065303, 08055281442, 08055329229.

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Liberian man infected with Ebola Virus in Lagos has reportedly died

Yesterday the Lagos State Ministry of Health said a Liberian man is being tested for the deadly Ebola virus in Lagos (read here). The man, Patrick Sawyer, (pictured above) has reportedly died.

According to reports, Patrick died yesterday night at the First Consultant Medical Centre, Obalende, Lagos where he'd been receiving treatment. His condition was said to have worsened.

Sawyer, who was an official of the Liberian Ministry of Finance, arrived in Nigeria on Sunday July 20th for a conference.

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