How prepared is South Africa for an Ebola outbreak?
There is no cure and no vaccine for the deadly Ebola virus. As an epidemic grips West Africa, Health24 finds out how well prepared South Africa is for a possible outbreak. Ebola epidemics are limited,...
View ArticleSA doctor on Ebola front line
Blogging from the Ebola front line in Sierra Leone, Dr Stefan Kruger paints a vivid picture of how the war against the dread disease is progressing, and of the battles fought every day My best ally In...
View ArticleMan in Joburg tests negative for Ebola
A 37-year-old man suspected of having Ebola has tested negative for the deadly haemorrhagic disease. The health department confirmed that the man had tested negative, reporter Nomsa Maseko tweeted. The...
View ArticleSA slaps ban on visitors from Ebola zone
THE government has placed an immediate ban on the entry of non-South Africans from the Ebola-hit West African countries of Liberia, the Republic of Guinea and Sierra Leone, except when absolutely...
View ArticleEbola driving tourists away
Despite being thousands of kilometres away, South Africa is paying a high price for the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. According to a survey of 22 outward-bound tour operators, more than a third have...
View ArticleMassive drop in Chinese travel to SA
Tourism to South Africa from China has dropped significantly and tour operators are reporting travel cancellations from October onwards. According to members of the inbound tourism trade, this can be...
View ArticleEbola death toll climbs to nearly half of infected
The deadliest Ebola epidemic on record has now infected almost 6 000 people in west Africa and killed nearly half of them, according to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) latest figures. In the...
View ArticleEbola is ‘disaster of our generation’ says aid agency
Aid agency Oxfam said Ebola could become the “definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation”, as US President Barack Obama urged against “hysteria” in the face of the growing crisis. Oxfam, which...
View ArticleResearchers begin testing Ebola vaccine in Africa
Three volunteer workers in Mali have been injected with an experimental Ebola vaccine as part of a trial that is the first of its kind in Africa. Three people in Mali were injected with an experimental...
View ArticleEbola: No cancellations, but booking slowdown – UNWTO
The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is not expected to have a major effect on the tourism sector globally at this stage. However, while there haven’t been significant cancellations of travel to...
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