Ebola Surveillance Thread

Free Republic Threads ^ | August 10, 2014 | Legion

[Black Agnes]

http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/08/17/us-emirates-ebola-idINKBN0GH0LR20140817?feedType=RSS&feedName=health&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=309303

“Nigerian who died in UAE may have shown signs consistent with Ebola”

[Black Agnes]

http://online.wsj.com/articles/chinas-anti-ebola-plan-hits-youth-olympics-1408182271

[Black Agnes]

http://news.yahoo.com/survivors-enlisted-sierra-leones-ebola-battle-030954552.html

[Black Agnes]

http://news.yahoo.com/struggling-liberia-creates-plague-villages-ebola-epicentre-123146139.html?soc_src=mediacontentsharebuttons

Hey, crowds are great things in middle of an epidemic!

[Shelayne]

“It was my wife’s job to give him an ECG examination, to put the pads on his body.

"She knew she had to put plastic gloves on, but for a few seconds she was touching him with her hands, to help him get off the bed and on to a chair.

"That is how she got it. A few days later, that man died.

Heartbreaking. And very frightening.

Excerpt from http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/inside-ebola-hell-mirrorman-witnesses-4067533

[Black Agnes]

If she stayed in the house with them after she became symptomatic they’ve both got it too.

Heartbreaking is right.

[PA Engineer]

Saudi Arabia Bans Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia Muslims From performing Hajj

The spokesman of the Ministry of Health Dr. Khalid Marghalani, was quoted by Alarabiya as saying that individuals from Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia, where the Ebola virus is most prevalent, are not allowed to obtain visas to perform the Hajj or Umrah.

Nigeria is going to be the next vector and it is not on the list.

[Smokin' Joe]

Health Dept. working with CDC to rule out Ebola in patient

[Black Agnes]

Lots of Muslims in Nigeria for sure.

[Black Agnes]

http://frontpageafricaonline.com/index.php/news/2690-ebola-at-prison-compound-inmate-death-raises-new-questions

[Black Agnes]

http://allafrica.com/stories/201408181551.html

“Namibia Bars Visitors From Ebola-Hit Countries”

[Black Agnes]

http://morenikejiblog.com/another-billionaire-tony-elumelu-donates-n100m-to-fight-ebola/

*these are Nigerian ‘dollars’ but it’s still a good deal of money*

[Black Agnes]

http://www.timescolonist.com/liberia-some-who-fled-ebola-quarantine-centre-during-looting-have-moved-to-another-hospital-1.1317341#sthash.m7EGacKu.dpuf

[Black Agnes]

http://dalje.com/en-world/liberia-to-shoot-people-crossing-border-closed-to-halt-ebola/518767

[Black Agnes]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2727935/New-Mexico-teacher-30-tested-Ebola-returning-Sierra-Leone-trip-doctors-say-two-Americans-virus-showing-signs-recovery.html

[Black Agnes]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/18/ebola-health-workers_n_5687769.html?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=WorldPost

“For Health Workers, Fighting Ebola In West Africa Means 14-Hour Days, 7 Days A Week”

[Black Agnes]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28841040#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

“Ebola crisis: Liberia confirms West Point patients missing”

Several other news reports have stated that a few of the missing patients have turned up at other area hospitals.

[Black Agnes]

http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/224855233

“Ebola: Nigeria schools shut down till further notice”

[Black Agnes]

http://allafrica.com/stories/201408182653.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

“Nigeria: Ebola Not Yet an Epidemic in Lagos, Says Fashola”

[Black Agnes]

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2014/08/18/ebola-we-have-it-under-control-fashola/