Ebola virus disease

A year after the formal announcement of the spread of Ebola by the WHO, at least 24,000 people were infected and more than 10,000 lost their lives.

Ebola epidemic virus has caused the death of over 10.000 people in West Africa, as the latest World Health Organization report released indicates.

According to the same report, 24.350 people have been infected and been sick in nine countries, while 10.004 of them have died.

The World Health Organization has approved the first fast-track Ebola test that could help alleviate the situation in West Africa.

The desease has already killed 10,000 people.

The test has been developed by a US company, and despite not being as accurate as more detailed examinations, but is much easier and faster to execute, as reported by Reuters.

Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf announced the lifting of the 21:00-06:00 curfew and the opening of all borders, as the Ebola pandemic has settled down. The Liberian Minister of Health will take all necessary measures to prevent any further spread of the pandemic.

Ebola-hit Sierre Leone and Guinea saw an increase in the last week in unsafe burials that risk spreading the disease, the World Health Organization reported.        

The US military plans to pull out most troops from West Africa that were deployed to help stem the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, the Pentagon said on Feb. 10, ending a five-month mission.
      

The Ebola epidemic is decreasing but is still present in a third of the areas of the three worst affected west African nations, UN Ebola coordinator David Nabarro warned Jan. 29.
      

The Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who had volunteered in West Africa, became the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United Kingdom.

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A health worker who was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in Britain arrived at a London hospital from Scotland early on Tuesday for treatment after contracting the disease in West Africa.
   
The woman arrived at the capital's Royal Free hospital, Britain's designated Ebola treatment centre, in an ambulance accompanied by several police vehicles, a Reuters witness said.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies left healthcare systems in the African countries worst affected by Ebola underfunded and lacking doctors, and hampered a coordinated response to the outbreak, researchers said Monday.