US Embassy in Nigeria remains open in spite of Ebola

Lagos - The United States Embassy in Nigeria will
remain open despite the outbreak of the deadly
Ebola virus.
The Bureau of African Affairs stated that in
addition, at this time, no Ebola-related travel
restrictions had been issued by the State
Department for Guinea, Nigeria, or Sierra Leone.
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"Our Embassies remain open and will continue
business as usual in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and
Sierra Leone," the Bureau stated.
"We remain deeply committed to supporting
regional and international efforts to deliver health
care as well as contain and control the
transmission of the Ebola virus," it further stated.
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According to the Bureau of African Affairs, the US
Government was monitoring the situation very
closely and would update its response and travel
recommendations as needed.
"The United States is working with the World
Health Organization and other international
partners to help West African governments
respond to and contain the outbreak of the Ebola
virus as quickly as possible."

UN Chief: Avoid Ebola Panic And Fear

New York - Urging governments to avoid panic
and fear, UN chief Ban Ki-moon announced plans
on Tuesday to step up the global response to the
Ebola outbreak and bring it under control.
Ban appointed British physician David Nabarro to
be the UN coordinator for Ebola, tasked with
overseeing the world body's strategy as the
death toll from the outbreak topped 1 000.
"We need to avoid panic and fear. Ebola can be
prevented," Ban told reporters at UN
headquarters in New York.
"With resources, knowledge, early action and will,
people can survive the disease.
"Ebola has been successfully brought under
control elsewhere and we can do it here too."
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The epidemic that began in Guinea, and spread to
Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, has been
described as the worst since Ebola was first
discovered four decades ago.
It has killed 1 013 people, including a Spanish
priest who on Tuesday became the first European
to succumb to the outbreak that began earlier this
year. An American woman infected in Liberia is
recovering in a US hospital.
"In the days ahead, the UN system will further
strengthen the way we are dealing with the
outbreak," the UN secretary-general said.
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He cited the urgent need to address the shortage
of doctors, nurses and equipment, including
protective clothing and isolation tents, especially
in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
"We need all hands on deck," said Ban.
The World Health Organisation has authorised the
use of experimental drugs to fight Ebola including
a serum used to treat Spanish priest Miguel
Pajares, who died in a Madrid hospital on Tuesday
after contracting the disease in Liberia.

Rwanda Patient Tests Negative Of EBOLA Virus.

Kigali - Rwanda said on Tuesday that a German
man put in isolation with fever had tested
negative for the deadly tropical disease Ebola.
"We would like to inform you that the suspected
case of Ebola tested negative", the ministry of
health said in a statement.
"There's no Ebola in Rwanda."
A German student with Ebola-like symptoms was
placed in isolation late Sunday while blood tests
were carried out.
Minister of health Agnes Binagwaho said the
patient was a medical student who had recently
spent time in Liberia, one of four West African
countries where the virus has been spreading.
The other nations are Guinea, Sierre Leone and
Nigeria.
Like other nations across east Africa, Rwanda
says it has put in place measures against the
deadly virus.
The Ebola virus has killed 1 013 people, according
to the latest data from the World Health
Organisation which calls it a global health emergency.