Over the weekend, several rumors emerged saying that Ebola had entered Ghana.  Fortunately, all of those were false alarms. The false reports included a Burkinabe man who died with Ebola-like symptoms in the Upper East Region; rumors that three people who were isolated in the Eastern Region.  Again, all of these people were tested and none died of Ebola. Since Ghana’s journalists tend to have little to cover other than political infighting, they tend to speculate more than they should. […]

Categories: Africa, Personal • Tags: Ebola, Guinea, Liberia, Poverty, Sierra Leone, West Africa