How Adedavoh, doctor infected by Sawyer, died of Ebola

Adedavoh

 Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh, one of the medical personnel who treated Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American who exported the dreaded Ebola Virus into Nigeria, finally lost the battle to stay alive. She was 58 years old.

Adadevoh was one of the physicians at First Consultants Medical Centre, a Lagos-based hospital, where Patrick Sawyer, was admitted; she died on Tuesday evening after all efforts to revive her from coma by medical experts failed.

Her passing brings the total number of casualties in Nigerian from the Ebola virus  to five since it first broke in July.

Succour on the way as research says bitter kola may cure Ebola

Bitter Kola

 A plant has been found to halt the deadly Ebola virus in its tracks in laboratory tests, scientists have said.

They used a compound from Garcinia kola (bitter kola), a plant commonly eaten in West Africa. Compounds from the plant have also proved effective against some strains of flu.

If the anti-Ebola compound proves successful in animal and human trials, it will be the first medicine to successfully treat the virus that causes Ebola haemorrhagic fever - an often-fatal condition.

The discovery was announced at the 16th International Botanical Congress in St Louis in the US.

Four deaths per five cases

The Ebola virus was first documented in 1976 after an outbreak in Zaire - now the Democratic Republic of the Congo - where 88% of the 318 human cases died.

Ebola: Ghana bans flights from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia

 

Ghana has officially banned flights from four West African countries, citing concerns about the rapid spread of the Ebola virus, which has claimed over 600 lives.

Charles Asare, Managing Director of the Ghana Airport Company, said the measure was part of a set of emergency management plans officials are rolling out to combat the spread of the virus. The affected countries include Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria.

The government there has also implemented strict restrictions on the movement and management of Liberian refugees in camps in the country.