Alex Thomson
A dismal response to Ebola’s global spread
The rest of the world seems unenthusiastic in helping tackle Ebola, even now that the outbreak has spread and spread beyond the shores of Africa.
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‘We are working frantically on Ebola’ – Liberian ambassador
Liberia’s ambassador to the UK tells Channel 4 News his country is making progress on Ebola and “we should not panic”.
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Cruise ship with suspected Ebola victim returns
A cruise ship carrying a Dallas health care worker who is being monitored for signs of Ebola has returns to Galveston, Texas.
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Calls for more action to stop Ebola
More military, more medics and more money is needed to prevent the definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation, say the aid agency Oxfam.
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Alex Thomson
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Ebola hits Sierra Leone’s last unaffected district
Koinadugu, in Sierra Leone, had been the country’s one area without Ebola – until yesterday. But as John F Sillah reports, locals are resolved to regain the district’s status as an Ebola-free zone.
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‘God, why take my father and mother?’ – Ebola orphans
There are so many of them they now have a label: Ebola orphans. Here is the story of eight brothers and sisters who lost both parents, a sibling, and were shunned by terrified family and friends.
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Ebola cases ‘set to exceed 9,000’ by end of week
The World Health Organisation says the number of Ebola cases should surpass 9,000 by the end of this week, as the British government continues to deport people to Ebola-affected countries.
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Fighting Ebola: responses from across the world
Reaction to the Ebola outbreak has varied from country to country. Here are five of the more controversial and unusual responses.
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Kylie Morris
Obama: the world is not doing enough on Ebola
Health officials in Texas say they’re preparing for more Ebola cases – after a second nurse tested positive for the disease.
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Ebola in Liberia – here’s why I’m angry
“This is serious. This is killing us. It’s just too frustrating”. Moses Owen Browne from Plan Liberia tells Channel 4 News that the aid from abroad so far is so small, that it is almost “meaningless”.
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Inside British Ebola ship heading to Sierra Leone
A medical ship, is being loaded with supplies and will depart for Sierra Leone on Friday as part of Britain’s bid to halt the Ebola outbreak.
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Educating west Africa on spread of Ebola
Guinea President Alpha Condé tells Channel 4 News that people in west Africa do not understand why they cannot touch one another or bury their dead. “We are very tactile people.”
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Ebola threat: ‘We must keep Britain safe’
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon tells Channel 4 News that if Ebola is not brought under control in west Africa, it will “spread to Europe and also spread to Britain”.
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Why Ebola screening is coming to UK airports
The Ebola crisis will “get worse before it gets better”, says the health secretary, warning of a handful of UK cases in the coming months as he introduces screening at airports and Eurostar.
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Why the Ebola outbreak is ‘worse than any movie’
As a nurse who treated an Ebola patient in the US herself gets the disease, the UN chief in charge of dealing with the outbreak tells Channel 4 News why he said it is worse than any Hollywood movie.
