A doctor from Port Harcourt Hospital who treated an infected health worker that evaded quarantine measures in Lagos became infected with the Ebola virus and is now the sixth documented death in the country due to EVD.
If the Ebola virus is not contained, experts fear that up to 20,000 people globally may become infected. International health communities are now working hand-in-hand to come up with a working vaccine that could prevent this.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is now officially the fifth country to be stricken with the Ebola virus. The World Health Organization has already treated the situation as an outbreak and has sent the necessary support.
British health worker that was infected with the Ebola virus has been repatriated to the UK and will be receiving treatment in an isolation unit in North London.
An increase in the number of foot and mouth disease patients has doctors concerned that the virus has become more aggressive as it is now affecting both children and adults.
A Sacramento resident suspected of having the Ebola virus tested negative for the disease. Health officials are assuring the public that hospitals across the state are more than equipped to take charge of the situation in case the virus enters the state.
