Ebola Alert

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  Uganda Lifts Lockdown In Ebola Epicentre, Government Remains On High Alert

  Uganda on Saturday lifted a two-month lockdown on two districts at the epicentre of the country's Ebola epidemic, amid cautious hope that the outbreak could end soon.

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  WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak Over As Liberia Gets All-Clear

  The world breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday as a two-year Ebola epidemic that killed 11,000 and triggered a global health alert was declared over, with Liberia the last country given the all-clear.

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  Seven More Airports in India on Ebola Alert, Say Health Ministry Sources

  Days after an Indian national was quarantined at the Delhi airport after traces of the virus were found in his samples, the Health Ministry today has added seven more airports for screening for the disease.

• France 'On Alert' as Ebola Prevention Stepped Up

  France announced on Friday it had appointed a team of experts to step up its response to the Ebola virus, and would boost efforts to help west African nations battling the disease.

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  Ebola Joke, Vomiting Passenger Spark Scares in US

  Jitters in the US over Ebola were underlined on Friday after an air passenger's joke sparked a full-on alert, while another plane was quarantined at Las Vegas airport because someone vomited onboard.

• Barack Obama to Announce Major Ebola Effort

  US President Barack Obama on Tuesday will seek to "turn the tide" in the Ebola epidemic by ordering 3,000 US military personnel to West Africa and launching a major health care training and hygiene program.

• Ebola Outbreak: Government Issues Precautionary Guidelines to Airlines

  With airports across the country already on alert to screen passengers coming in from Ebola-hit countries, government today directed all airlines to follow precautionary guidelines to help isolate travellers who may have been affected by the virus.

• Bangladesh Issues Ebola Alert

  Bangladesh has issued an alert against the deadly Ebola virus for three months, a few days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the epidemic an international health emergency.

• India Steps Up Watch for Deadly Ebola Virus

  India's airports went on alert and the government opened an emergency helpline on Saturday as part of measures to tackle any outbreak of the deadly Ebola epidemic in the country of 1.25 billion people.

• World Takes Precautions Against Deadly Ebola Outbreak

  Nurses taking nervous passengers' temperatures at airports and isolation wards standing eerily empty waiting to receive anyone showing symptoms - the world was already on the lookout for Ebola victims before the WHO issued a global alert earlier today.

• Asia on Alert With Thermal Cameras, Doctors as Ebola Declared Global Risk

  Asian nations are using thermal imaging cameras and posting doctors at airports to screen out sick travellers as health authorities scramble to avert any outbreak of the Ebola virus that has killed almost 1,000 people in West Africa.

• India on Alert for Ebola Virus, Health Minister Outlines Plan

  India is on the alert for the Ebola virus, said Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, suggesting there is a risk the deadly virus could be imported into country if the large population of Indians working in the four affected West African nations returns.

• World Ebola Fears Grow with Europe and Asia on Alert

  Fears that the west African Ebola outbreak could spread to other continents grew today with European and Asian countries on alert and a leading medical charity warning the epidemic was out of control.