What you need to know as Ebola reaches Nigeria
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What you need to know as Ebola reaches Nigeria

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 21, 202622 min
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Nigeria's Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate has confirmed their first Ebola case, which also marks the Bundibugyo strain's entry into West Africa. The patient is reported to have visited Uganda, though authorities in Kampala say she also visted the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is the epicentre of the outbreak. Uganda was declared free of the virus in August. We put the frequently asked questions on social media to the World Health Organisation. And, two years after an invasive plant threatened Cameroon’s Lake Ossa, conservationists say they’ve cleared most of it, with more sightings of the...

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Hello there, I'm blessing Ade Roba with Focus on Africa. Nigeria is now the first West African country to report a case linked to the current Ebola outbreak in East and Central Africa. We ask some of the questions about the virus to an expert.

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The specificity of Ebola is not a virus that can become a pandemic because it's by close contact to confirm case. It is not spreading out by Iowa salt, it's not spreading out in the air. And two years after an invasive plant threatened Cameroon's Lake Oser, conservationists say

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they've cleared most of it with more sightings of the vulnerable African manatee. We hear from the man behind the efforts. During the Salvini invasion, most of the African manatee left Lake Oser. For the fishermen, it was also a problem because 50% of the lake's surface was covered

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