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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom at an Ebola treatment centre in Itipo. Getty images/ Junior D. Kannah

The DRC is on the road to being Ebola free: how it got here

5 Mar 2020

Bill Chen at San Francisco International Airport after arriving on a flight from Shanghai. Chen said his temperature was screened at the Shanghai airport before he departed.
AP Photo/Terry Chea

Airplanes spread diseases quickly - so maybe unvaccinated people shouldn't be allowed to fly

Christopher Robertson & Keith Joiner 4 Mar 2020

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.

Plans to evacuate South Africans from Wuhan City

2 Mar 2020

VIDEO: Some basic tips on staying safe from the coronavirus

VIDEO: Some basic tips on staying safe from the coronavirus

Ozayr Patel 2 Mar 2020

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Two South Africans in Japan test positive for Coronavirus

28 Feb 2020

Ebola posters in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
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Sierra Leone is using lessons from Ebola to prepare for coronavirus

28 Feb 2020

Commuters jam a Toronto subway platform. Widespread adoption of habits that help prevent infection may boost behavioural herd immunity.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

Coronavirus: How behaviour can help control the spread of COVID-19

Peter Hall 27 Feb 2020

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Health facilities on high alert to deal with coronavirus

18 Feb 2020

Alarmed by a rapid spread of Lassa fever, the Nigerian Academy of Science is calling on government to declare a health emergency. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Lassa fever: why there's a call to declare a health emergency in Nigeria

13 Feb 2020

Coronavirus outbreak mapper.

Coronavirus outbreak: a new mapping tool that lets you scroll through timeline

Edward Parker 12 Feb 2020

The spread of false information can have a devastating impact on affected communities. Woohae Cho/Getty Images

False information fuels fear during disease outbreaks: there is an antidote

Marina Joubert 10 Feb 2020

Camp beds set up for travelers returning to Germany from China, who will be isolated for two weeks to make sure they don’t have coronavirus.
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Quarantines have tried to keep out disease for thousands of years

Leslie S. Leighton 5 Feb 2020

Lessons from keeping the country free of Ebola have informed steps taken since the coronavirus scare first broke. Shutterstock

Nigeria and disease outbreaks. Better prepared, but still weak spots

Folasade Ogunsola 4 Feb 2020

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Fear spreads easily. That's what gives the Wuhan coronavirus economic impact

Ilan Noy 30 Jan 2020

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