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Scientific Study Puts Ghana Next at Risk to Get Hit with Ebola

10/14/2014 12:39 pm

A study published by the Northeastern University in Boston has revealed that Ghana is the highest nation at risk of recording the next outbreak of the Ebola Virus.

The study was published on 6 October, but had been conducted earlier and had found that several nations in the West African sub-region, as well as some other nations with high international air traffic all stood at risk of recording the epidemic.

The countries at risk of transmission aside Ghana included The United States of America, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Belgium, Senegal, Mali, Gambia, Morocco, South Africa, Kenya, Lebanon, and Germany.

You might notice that the USA, Nigeria, and Senegal have all contracted the virus since the conduction of the study.

The study stated that these nations are likely to contract the virus by the end of October 2014.

The research gave three factors to calculate likelihood of transmission; passenger flow from area of outbreak, case numbers, and the duration of incubation time.

Do You Know that You Can Survive An Ebola Infection? All You Need to Know About the Deadly Virus

08/16/2014 11:43 am

by Edith Osei Bonsu

If you are currently living in West Africa, I am sure your number one concern right now is EBOLA. With over 1000 deaths since the outbreak early this year, the Ebola virus has many West Africans living in fear especially since there is no known cure or vaccine for it yet.

What many people do not realise is that Ebola is very much preventable and survivable. There are many precautionary measures you can put in place to ensure that you do not contract the virus, and in the unfortunate situation that you are infected, there is an almost 50% chance that you can survive the virus.

Before I go on to talk about how you can survive and Ebola infection, here are a few quick facts about Ebola

What is Ebola?

The Ebola virus is described as a group of viruses that cause a deadly kind of hemorrhagic fever. The term “hemorrhagic fever” means it causes bleeding inside and outside the body.

The virus has a long incubation period of approximately eight to 21 days. Early symptoms include fever, muscle weakness, sore throat and headaches.

As the disease progresses, the virus can impair kidney and liver function and lead to external and internal bleeding. It’s one of the most deadly viruses on Earth with a fatality rate that can reach between approximately 50 to 90 percent. There is no cur

Where did the disease originate from?

The first known case was documented in Sudan and Zaire in 1976. There have been several outbreaks but none as deadly and widespread as what we are currently experiencing.

Kumawood’s Ebola Movie Producer- Samuel Ofori Says Ghana’s Movie Industry Lacks Creativity

08/13/2014 9:34 am

by Chris-Vincent Agyapong, Founding Editor

Creativity has never been part of the Ghanaian blood, therefore, I agree with Samuel Ofori when he says the Ghanaian movie industry lacks creativity. But to suggest that, he is somewhat the creative one among the lost sheep makes me wonder the sort of creativity he is talking about.

According to ZionFelix, the Kumasi based movie producer who is putting things in place to start shooting his latest film-titled, Ebola (as seen above) spoke on Ash Fm, saying;

“How can I destroy an industry that I earn my income from? How can I do that?” he asked.

“In fact it’s very sad for people to pass such comments against me because that is my style and even when you go to the developed countries topical issues, words or phrases that become talk of the nation are used by many of their film producers so what is wrong for me to do same here?’’

SHOCKING: Ghana Records First Case of Ebola!

08/9/2014 2:16 pm

by GC Staff Sheila

After several negative scares and a near invincible general outlook concerning Ebola which has become a regional threat to West Africa, it seems Ghana just may have recorded her first case of Ebola!

It is reported that on Friday afternoon, a Burkinabe man, who had general symptoms of Ebola including fever, nose and ear bleeding, was taken to the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital dead on arrival. The man was brought through the border from Burkina to Ghana by his relatives who wanted proper medical care for him but he died on the way. My question? Why wasn’t he screened at the border? Is Ghana this careless?

Dr Joseph Yaw Manu, confirmed to StarrFMonline.com that the man had died at the time he was brought in, saying: “…What scared me most as a Medical Doctor is that he was bleeding from his ears and nose–symptoms of Ebola.”

Do you know what I am thinking? If it is indeed Ebola, there will be a few more cases reported in the vicinity soon because several others were exposed without protective clothing to the body of the man. Especially since it wasn’t expected. The medical personnel and the people who carried him to the hospital and anyone else who touched him or came in contact with his body somehow.

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