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Ebola Scare Grips Nairobi International Airport after Woman Bleeds to Death at Terminal

The mysterious death of a woman due to massive bleeding, right after alighting from a flight from Sudan, triggered an Ebola scare at the Nairobi airport on Saturday.

Oct 13, 2014

Brazil quarantines Guinean feared to have Ebola

Brazilian health officials quarantine a Guinean man feared to have Ebola after he checked in at a clinic with a fever following his arrival from Africa last month. Duration: 00:27

Oct 11, 2014

Ebola in America: Thomas Duncan, First to be Diagnosed with Virus in US, Dies

Duncan became ill after arriving in the Texas from Liberia last month.

Oct 8, 2014

Save Excalibur: Spanish Pet Dog Suspected of Contracting Ebola to be Euthanised

The decision to kill the infected dog has raked up quite an opposition on social media.

Oct 8, 2014

Health workers prepare to carry an abandoned dead body with Ebola symptoms at Duwala market in Monrovia, Liberia.

Liberian Ebola Patient, Who May Have Infected Over 100 in the US, Could be Prosecuted

Duncan was reportedly diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas, after flying from Liberia last month.

Oct 5, 2014

Human rights situation in Iran: Court hangs man for insulting prophet Johan and sentences Woman for killing her rapist.

A Day after Sentencing Woman for Killing Rapist, Iran Hangs Man for 'Insulting Prophet Jonah'

Human rights situation in Iran: Court hangs man for insulting prophet Jonah and sentences woman for killing her rapist.

Oct 1, 2014

Sierra Leone quarantines more than one million

Sierra Leone on Thursday began a quarantine of more than one million people in the largest open-ended lockdown in the Ebola outbreak. The northern districts of Port Loko and Bombali have been closed off indefinitely.

Sep 25, 2014

Ebola: Liberian Slum Celebrates as Government Lifts Quarantine

While some marched down the roads chanting "we are free, we are free," others just rolled about on the pavements, unable to contain their joy.

Sep 2, 2014

Ebola Scare in India: 6 'High Risk' Ebola Suspects Quarantined in Delhi

181 passengers have arrived in India from Ebola-hit West African nations in the last 24 hours

Sep 2, 2014

Ebola in India? Health Ministry Tracking 821 Passengers from Africa

The Union Health Ministry is currently keeping tabs on 821 people who have travelled from the Ebola-hit West African countries.

Aug 28, 2014

Ebola in India? Indian Quarantined on Way Back from Liberia

16 members of a delegation of Afcon employees, comprising of 17 Indians arrived at the national capital from Liberia, on Tuesday, and were acknowledged as "Ebola-free" after they were screened for the symptoms of the virus by the Airport authorities.

Aug 27, 2014

Mumbai on Alert as 112 Indians to Return from Ebola-Hit West Africa Today

In all, 1,250 passengers of different nationalities will be on board these flights and they will all be examined by doctors as soon as they disembark.

Aug 26, 2014

Ebola in India? Delhi Airport Sets up Quarantine Facility for Suspected Cases

A health facility to quarantine passengers who show symptoms of the Ebola virus has finally been set up at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi.

Aug 18, 2014

Ebola: Break-in at Isolation Centre and Fleeing of Patients Expose 50,000 More to Virus in Liberia

About 50,000 people in the immediate neighbourhood of the facility are now at risk of contracting the virus.