Monday 5 January 2015

Britain says has strengthened Ebola screening after first case

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has tightened steps for dealing with possible Ebola patients, its health minister said on Monday, after screening at London's Heathrow airport failed to detect the disease in a nurse who is now critically ill. Over the past year, the world's worst ever outbreak of Ebola, a highly infectious haemorrhagic fever, has killed over 7,900 people, with more than 20,000 cases recorded mostly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The virus is still spreading in West Africa, especially in Sierra Leone. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

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