Two suspected cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which temporarily closed Manchester ROyal Infirmary’s A&E unit on Monday have proved negative.
Manchester Royal Infirmary has shut its A&E unit after doctors diagnosed two patients as possibly suffering from Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome – Coronavirus Infection (MERS-CoV) outbreak.
Save the Children have vowed that “no stone will be left unturned” in its investigation into how a British nurse contracted Ebola whilst working in Sierra Leone.
An Indian national who returned to Delhi from Liberia has tested positive for Ebola, the first case of the deadly disease in the country.
An Ebola vaccine could be available as early as 2015, but while this could certainly help to combat the spread of Ebola, more must be done to address the other infrastructural obstacles faced by people living in third world communities, and modern technology could significantly reduce the impact of these outbreaks.