Nigeria Ebola Cases

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  What Is Lassa Fever? Symptoms And How It Spreads

  The UK Health Security Agency is investigating possible Lassa fever cases after a traveler was diagnosed with the virus. The disease, which shares similarities with Ebola, requires immediate attention and monitoring to prevent its spread in the UK.

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  Global Ebola toll rises to 5,689: World Health Organization

  The World Health Organization said on Thursday that the global death toll from the Ebola virus had increased to 5,689 out of a total of 15,935 cases of infection, mainly in western Africa.

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  Ebola Death Toll Rises, Fewer Cases in Guinea Than Thought: WHO

  The Ebola epidemic has killed 4,951 people out of 13,567 infected in eight countries, the World Health Organisation said on Friday, slightly revising downwards its figures for cases mainly due to "suspected cases in Guinea being discarded".

• US Cautiously Optimistic After No New Ebola Cases in 5 Days

  With no new Ebola cases in five days, US authorities were cautious but hopeful Monday that the virus has been contained in the United States after a flawed response revealed shortcomings in the system.

• Nigeria Ebola Free, Says WHO; No New Case in 42 Days

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Nigeria Ebola free on Monday, after a 42 day period with no new cases elapsed.

• Nigeria Expected to be Declared Ebola-Free: Reports

  Nigeria is expected to be declared Ebola-free on Monday, just three months after fears that the virus could spread like wildfire through Africa's most populous nation.

• Nigeria Records Another Ebola Case in Oil City, 17 Cases Total

  Nigeria has a third confirmed case of Ebola in the oil hub of Port Harcourt, bringing the country's total confirmed infections to 17, with 271 people under surveillance, the health minister said on Monday.

• Regional Crisis Talks as Ebola Death Toll Tops 1,500

  Ebola-hit nations met for crisis talks on Thursday as the death toll topped 1,500 and the World Health Organization warned that the number of cases could exceed 20,000 before the outbreak is stemmed.

• Nigeria Confirms Two New Ebola Cases

  Two new cases of Ebola have emerged in Nigeria and, in an alarming development, they are outside the group of caregivers who treated an airline passenger who arrived with Ebola and died, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said on Friday.

• Two Suspected Cases of Ebola in Austria: Regional Governor

  Two men who arrived in Austria last week from Nigeria have been hospitalised on suspicion of carrying the Ebola disease, a regional Austrian governor said Tuesday.

• Nigeria Now Has 12 Ebola Cases, 5 Recovered

  Nigeria has 12 confirmed cases of the Ebola virus, up from 10 at last week's count, the health ministry said on Monday, of which five have almost fully recovered.

• Nigeria Has Total 10 Ebola Cases, of Which Four Have Died

  Nigeria has confirmed 10 cases of Ebola, the latest being a doctor who treated the Liberian man who brought the disease to Lagos, and four have died, the health minister said on Thursday.

• Nigeria Confirms Two More Ebola Cases, Nine in Total

  Nigeria on Friday confirmed two new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in Africa's most populous country to nine, including two deaths.

• Nigeria Says Doctor who Treated Ebola Patient has Contracted Virus

  Nigerian authorities said, today, that a doctor in Lagos who treated a Liberian victim of Ebola has contracted the virus, the second confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa's largest city.

• Nigeria Isolates Hospital in Lagos as Barack Obama Briefed on Ebola Outbreak

  The Nigerian city of Lagos shut and quarantined a hospital on Monday where a Liberian man died of the Ebola virus, the first recorded case of the highly-infectious disease in Africa's most populous country.