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General News of Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Photos: Mahama screened for Ebola at Kotoka

President John Dramani Mahama has been screened for the deadly Ebola virus at the Kotoka International airport upon his return from his visit to Ebola plagued African countries including Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
President Mahama left Ghana to host delegates from the Ebola affected countries on Monday, August 25, 2014.
Contravening the Foreign Ministry’s ban on international conferences for months, President Mahama called for an emergency meeting in his capacity as chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for health experts in the sub-region to discuss solutions to the deadly Ebola disease.
As at now, over 2,300 lives have been lost in West Africa to the deadly virus. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are the hardest hit countries with the deadly disease