Nigeria completes Ebola contact monitoring with no secondary transmission
Nigerian health authorities say they have completed 21 days of monitoring for 62 contacts linked to the country's first Ebola case in more than a decade, with no secondary infections detected. The update was issued by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention after the last monitored contact was discharged. Officials said the result is an important step, but it does not yet mean the outbreak has officially ended.According to the agency, 13 of the monitored contacts reported fever or other non-specific symptoms during the follow-up period. All of those individuals tested negative for Ebola, and none of the... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 13 Nov 2026 20:29 LONDON
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WHO warns floods and overcrowding are worsening respiratory illness in Gaza
The World Health Organization has warned that respiratory illnesses in Gaza are rising sharply after heavy rains flooded tens of thousands of tents sheltering displaced Palestinians. The agency said the situation is likely to worsen as colder weather sets in and overcrowded living conditions continue. It said the combination of flooding, poor ventilation and severe crowding is increasing pressure on already stretched health services.Dr Reinhilde Van De Weerdt, the WHO representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said acute respiratory infections are 33,000 cases higher than at the same time last year. She said respiratory infections now account for 11% of... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 13 Nov 2026 13:31 LONDON
