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Kenya: Suam Border Closed Over Ebola Threat
The Star, 14 October 2014
TRANS Nzoia county government has indefinitely closed it's Suam border after a suspected Ebola death at Uganda's Bukwa District Hospital. Bukwa borders Trans Nzoia at Suam, with… Read more »
Ebola - Kenya Closes Suam Border to Uganda
Trans Nzoia county government has indefinitely closed the Suam border after a suspected Ebola death at Uganda's Bukwa district hospital, nine kilometres from the Kenyan border.
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Uganda: Health Workers Trained to Contain Marburg
EA Business, 12 October 2014
The Ministry of Health with support from Medicines San Frontiers (MSF) and the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention has trained a total of 103 health workers from Mengo… Read more »
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Kenya: German Firm Gives Health Ministry Information Packages On Ebola
The Star, 11 October 2014
AN international pharmaceutical company has donated information education communication materials on Ebola to the government. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Free of Ebola-Like Virus
The Star, 11 October 2014
Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia says Kenya is not at risk of the Ebola-like hemorrhagic fever, which killed one person in Uganda last week. Read more »
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Kenya: Ebola-Like Disease Prompts Busia Tests
The Star, 9 October 2014
Nambale sub county MCA Charles Wakhungu undergoes Murburg screening exercise at Busia border on Tuesday from an health officer, Cynthia Anyango upon his arrival from Kampala. Read more »
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Uganda: Govt Confirms Death of One Man Infected By Ebola-Like Marburg Virus
DW, 6 October 2014
A hospital technician in Kampala has died of a virus called Marburg, which is similar to Ebola. The Ugandan government has mobilized its health teams. Read more »
InFocus
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A businesswoman has died from massive bleeding at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport causing an Ebola scare. Medical tests conducted later ruled out Ebola or Maburg ... Read more »
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A Ugandan born doctor, John Taban Dada , working in Liberia has died of the Ebola Virus Disease. Read more »
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The government has issued assembled response teams and has quarantined 80 people after one person died of the disease that exhibits similar symptoms to the Ebola virus. Read more »
