Ebola

Defence Ministry denies false claims that US soldier died of Ebola in LithuaniaDefence Ministry denies false claims that US soldier died of Ebola in Lithuania
  • Defence

Defence Ministry denies false claims that US soldier died of Ebola in Lithuania

The Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence has denied the information that a US soldier died of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in…

10 years ago
EU Commissioner Andriukaitis: EU countries ready for EbolaEU Commissioner Andriukaitis: EU countries ready for Ebola
  • European Union

EU Commissioner Andriukaitis: EU countries ready for Ebola

All EU member states are capable of fighting the Ebola threat, Lithuanian EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy Vytenis…

10 years ago
EP president’s adviser Pranckevičius: Russia is building a coalition against free worldEP president’s adviser Pranckevičius: Russia is building a coalition against free world
  • European Union

EP president’s adviser Pranckevičius: Russia is building a coalition against free world

Arnoldas Pranckevičius, adviser to the president of the European Parliament, says that while the European Union might seem slow and…

10 years ago
Lithuania sets up Ebola coordination teamLithuania sets up Ebola coordination team
  • Politics

Lithuania sets up Ebola coordination team

Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has set up a task force that would coordinate efforts to manage a possible outbreak…

10 years ago
EU commissioner notes progress in anti-Ebola efforts in AfricaEU commissioner notes progress in anti-Ebola efforts in Africa
  • European Union

EU commissioner notes progress in anti-Ebola efforts in Africa

Progress has been made in the efforts to mitigate the Ebola epidemic in Africa, but more instruments and doctors will…

10 years ago
EU commissioner Andriukaitis: Ebola is not a threat far awayEU commissioner Andriukaitis: Ebola is not a threat far away
  • European Union

EU commissioner Andriukaitis: Ebola is not a threat far away

The situation in western Africa, the epicentre of the Ebola epidemic, remains extremely fragile and Europe should not view the…

10 years ago
EU Health Commissioner Andriukaitis going to Ebola outbreak countriesEU Health Commissioner Andriukaitis going to Ebola outbreak countries
  • European Union

EU Health Commissioner Andriukaitis going to Ebola outbreak countries

The European Union's (EU) Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, delegated by Lithuania, plans to go to the…

10 years ago
Lithuania’s health laboratory ready to test EbolaLithuania’s health laboratory ready to test Ebola
  • Society

Lithuania’s health laboratory ready to test Ebola

Lithuania's National Public Health Surveillance Laboratory (NPHSL) is ready diagnose Ebola following a training event held earlier this week, Algirdas…

10 years ago
Lithuanian lab to be trained to detect and neutralise EbolaLithuanian lab to be trained to detect and neutralise Ebola
  • Society

Lithuanian lab to be trained to detect and neutralise Ebola

Lithuania's National Public Health Laboratory will this week train to detect and neutralize the Ebola virus, if it reaches Lithuania.…

10 years ago
EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting to focus on EbolaEU Foreign Affairs Council meeting to focus on Ebola
  • European Union

EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting to focus on Ebola

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is participating at the European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday. [...]

10 years ago
Estonian and Finnish companies developing Ebola drugEstonian and Finnish companies developing Ebola drug
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Estonian and Finnish companies developing Ebola drug

Estonian biotechnology company Icosagen will start developing a vaccine and a biological therapeutic against the Ebola virus together with the…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian travel agencies say they have not lost business due to Ebola virus

Lithuania's major travel agencies maintain that the spread of the Ebola virus in western Africa has not had big effect…

10 years ago
Andriukaitis: Brussels to consider aid to EU members fighting EbolaAndriukaitis: Brussels to consider aid to EU members fighting Ebola
  • European Union

Andriukaitis: Brussels to consider aid to EU members fighting Ebola

The European Union pledges aid to member states hit by the Ebola virus, says Vytenis Andriukaitis who is designate European…

10 years ago
Lithuanian Healthcare Ministry asks for additional funding to deal with EbolaLithuanian Healthcare Ministry asks for additional funding to deal with Ebola
  • Society

Lithuanian Healthcare Ministry asks for additional funding to deal with Ebola

Lithuania's Ministry of Healthcare has asked for 490,000 litas (over EUR 140,000) in additional funding to prepare for the treatment…

10 years ago
Spanish Ebola victim’s dog faces deathSpanish Ebola victim’s dog faces death
  • Society

Spanish Ebola victim’s dog faces death

Spanish police were making further inquiries at the apartment block which is home to the nurse diagnosed with Ebola. [...]

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania allocates EUR 36,000 to Iraqi children and fighting Ebola

Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday it had allocated almost 125,000 litas (EUR 36,000) in humanitarian aid for…

10 years ago
  • Society

False Ebola alarm in Lithuania as country’s medics briefed about dealing with the virus

An Ebola virus case was suspected in Lithuania but the guess was dismissed, Vice-Minister of Healthcare Erikas Mačiūnas said on…

11 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian epidemiologist says no need for Ebola panic

There's no need for panic over the threat of Ebola virus as the risk of contraction exists, but it is…

11 years ago