Month: November 2014

Philippines to isolate returning peacekeepers for Ebola checks, worries about public reaction

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A health workers wears a protective suit and goggles during an Ebola response training session in AlabangMANILA (Reuters) – More than 100 Philippine peacekeepers returning from almost a year in Liberia will be put in quarantine on an isolated island on arrival this week to check for Ebola, the military said on Monday, adding there were fears how the public might react. The 21-day quarantine, on a navy-run island at the mouth of Manila Bay, was in line with World Health Organisation protocols and with government's drive to remain Ebola free, military chief General Gregorio Catapang said. …

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U.N. nuclear agency says helps Sierra Leone fight Ebola

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A health worker fixes another health worker's protective suit in the Aberdeen district of FreetownVIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. atomic agency said on Monday it had sent Sierra Leone equipment first used in nuclear processes that can help it quickly diagnose the deadly Ebola virus and it was also in contact with other West African states about their needs. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said its specialized technology could make a "small but effective contribution" to combat an outbreak that has killed 4,950 people, mostly in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Countries from the United States to China and Cuba have deployed resources and health personnel in a U.N. …

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UN nuclear agency says helps Sierra Leone fight Ebola

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Medical staff wearing protective suits gather at a health facility near the Liberia-Sierra Leone border in western LiberiaVIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. atomic agency said on Monday it had sent Sierra Leone equipment first used in nuclear processes that can help it quickly diagnose the deadly Ebola virus and it was also in contact with other West African states about their needs. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said its specialised technology could make a "small but effective contribution" to combat an outbreak that has killed 4,950 people, mostly in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Countries from the United States to China and Cuba have deployed resources and health personnel in a U.N. …

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Geldof to fire up charity hit 30 years on to fight Ebola

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Musician Bob Geldof speaks at the Microsoft future decoded conference at the ExCel centre in LondonLONDON (Reuters) – Musician and philanthropist Bob Geldof, who in 1984 inspired a generation of rock stars to record a charity single for Africa, will raise money to combat Ebola with a new version of the song. Geldof, frontman for Irish new wave band The Boomtown Rats, pulled together the Band Aid supergroup for "Do They Know It's Christmas?" three decades ago to help those affected by famine in Ethiopia. Geldof confirmed at a conference in London that the song would be re-recorded. …

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