Showing posts with label Sierra Leone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sierra Leone. Show all posts

Monday, November 17, 2014

On second analysis...

November 17, 2014 Ebola , Kevin Sieff 0 Comments
A Doctor's Mistaken Ebola Test: ‘We Were Celebrating. . . . Then Everything Fell Apart’

Kevin Sieff, Nov. 17, 2014, Washington Post

When Martin Salia’s Ebola test came back negative, his friends and colleagues threw their arms around him. They shook his hand. They patted him on the back. They removed their protective gear and cried.

But when his symptoms remained nearly a week later, Salia took another test, on Nov. 10. This one came back positive, sending the Sierra Leonean doctor with ties to Maryland on a desperate, belated quest for treatment and forcing the colleagues who had embraced him into quarantine.

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Saturday, November 15, 2014

Best care in the world

November 15, 2014 CBS News , Ebola 0 Comments
Ebola Outbreak: Doctor Infected In Sierra Leone To Be Treated In Omaha

CBS News, Nov. 13, 2014

A surgeon who was infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone will be flown to Omaha, Nebraska, for treatment this weekend, CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook has confirmed.

The doctor-- who has not been identified -- is from Sierra Leone but is a permanent resident of the U.S.

Two prior patients -- American aid worker Dr. Rick Sacra and videojournalist Ashoka Mukpo -- were successfully treated for Ebola at the Nebraska Medical Center.

Read more: www.cbsnews.com


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Monday, November 3, 2014

Cases underreported

November 03, 2014 AFP , Ebola 0 Comments
S. Leone Ebola Outbreak 'Catastrophic': Aid Group MSF

AFP, Oct. 31, 2014, Yahoo! News

Ebola has wiped out whole villages in Sierra Leone and may have caused many more deaths than the nearly 5,000 official global toll, a senior coordinator of the medical aid group MSF said Friday.

Rony Zachariah of Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, said after visiting Sierra Leone that the Ebola figures were "under-reported", in an interview with AFP on the sidelines of a medical conference in Barcelona.

"The situation is catastrophic. There are several villages and communities that have been basically wiped out. In one of the villages I went to, there were 40 inhabitants and 39 died," he said.

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Sunday, November 2, 2014

USA policy unchanged

November 02, 2014 Canada , Ebola 0 Comments
Canada Won't Issue Visas To Resident Of Countries With Widespread Ebola

Helen Branswell, Oct. 31, 2014, The Canadian Press 

In a move that puts Canada at odds with the World Health Organization, the federal government said Friday it is suspending the issuance of visas for residents and nationals of countries with "widespread and persistent-intense transmission" of Ebola virus disease. As well, work on permanent residence applications for people from the affected countries is also being suspended.

The stress on countries with widespread transmission provides an out for the United States, which currently still has at least one active Ebola case within its borders. At present only three countries meet the definition of widespread and persistent Ebola transmission: Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Read more: www.cp24.com

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

But not here?

October 28, 2014 Australia , Ebola 0 Comments
Australia Issues Blanket Visa Ban On Ebola-hit Countries

Matt Siegel, Oct. 28, 2014, Reuters.com
Australia came under fire on Tuesday from health experts and rights advocates after it issued a blanket ban on visas from West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak, making it the first rich nation to shut its doors to the region.

Australia has not recorded a case of Ebola despite a number of scares, and conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott has so far resisted repeated requests to send medical personnel to help battle the outbreak on the ground.

The decision to refuse entry for anyone from Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, while touted by the government as a necessary safety precaution, was criticised by experts and advocates as politically motivated and shortsighted.

Read more: in.reuters.com 

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