https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An Italian nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone with medical charity Emergency has been cured and has left hospital, the health ministry said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150610/italian-nurse-cured-of-ebola Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:53:58 +0200 italian-nurse-cured-of-ebola An Italian nurse who had recently been working in Sierra Leone with medical charity Emergency tested positive for Ebola on Tuesday in the country's second case of the virus. https://www.thelocal.it/20150513/nurse-becomes-italys-second-ebola-case Wed, 13 May 2015 10:16:44 +0200 nurse-becomes-italys-second-ebola-case UPDATED: An Italian doctor who caught Ebola in Sierra Leone has recovered from the disease and his antibodies are being sent back to west Africa to help combat the disease. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/italian-ebola-patient-has-recovered-reports Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:39:00 +0100 italian-ebola-patient-has-recovered-reports An Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in west Africa is recovering but is still in an isolation unit, the specialist clinic in Rome treating him said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141222/italys-ebola-patient-is-getting-better Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:57:38 +0100 italys-ebola-patient-is-getting-better The health of an Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone has "improved slightly" after he was treated with a new experimental drug. https://www.thelocal.it/20141204/italian-ebola-patients-health-improves Thu, 04 Dec 2014 11:48:00 +0100 italian-ebola-patients-health-improves The health of an Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone "worsened slightly" on Monday as he underwent a second blood transfusion from a survivor of the disease. https://www.thelocal.it/20141202/italian-ebola-patients-health-worsens-slightly Tue, 02 Dec 2014 10:19:00 +0100 italian-ebola-patients-health-worsens-slightly The health of an Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in west Africa is deteriorating, the specialist clinic in Rome treating him said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141129/ebola-infected-italian-doctors-health-dips Sat, 29 Nov 2014 17:19:00 +0100 ebola-infected-italian-doctors-health-dips An Italian doctor battling the deadly Ebola virus is in a “stable” condition, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20141127/italian-ebola-patient-in-stable-condition Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:07:00 +0100 italian-ebola-patient-in-stable-condition UPDATED: An Italian doctor battling the deadly Ebola virus on Tuesday began treatment with an experimental drug in Italy's leading hospital for infectious diseases. https://www.thelocal.it/20141125/italian-doctor-with-ebola-arrives-in-rome Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:26:00 +0100 italian-doctor-with-ebola-arrives-in-rome UPDATED: An Italian doctor has contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and is being repatriated for treatment, the health ministry said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141124/italian-doctor-contracts-ebola-in-sierra-leone Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:38:00 +0100 italian-doctor-contracts-ebola-in-sierra-leone An Irish court on Friday ordered an Italian man to pay a €2,500 fine for charity after "a sick joke" about Ebola during a flight. https://www.thelocal.it/20141031/irish-court-fines-italian-for-sick-ebola-joke Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:26:00 +0100 irish-court-fines-italian-for-sick-ebola-joke The decision to put a dozen American soldiers returning from Liberia into quarantine for Ebola at their base near Venice rather than in the United States sparked controversy in Italy on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141029/us-soldiers-ebola-quarantine-in-italy-sparks-alarm Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:48:00 +0100 us-soldiers-ebola-quarantine-in-italy-sparks-alarm UPDATED: US troops returning from West Africa are being quarantined at a base in Italy as a precaution to prevent the potential spread of the Ebola virus, the Pentagon said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141028/us-troops-isolated-in-italy-over-ebola-fears Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:45:00 +0100 us-troops-isolated-in-italy-over-ebola-fears A three-year-old girl has been banned from a school in Rome after a holiday to Uganda, over fears that she may have contracted the deadly Ebola disease present in other African countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20141023/child-banned-from-rome-school-over-ebola-fears Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:10:00 +0200 child-banned-from-rome-school-over-ebola-fears A Guinean woman has been attacked on a Rome bus and accused of having the deadly Ebola disease, which has recently hit West Africa, Italian media reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141022/woman-suffers-racist-ebola-attack-in-rome Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:04:00 +0200 woman-suffers-racist-ebola-attack-in-rome The Italian government will contribute €50 million to an EU fund set up to fight Ebola, following an outbreak which has so far claimed over 4,500 lives, Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141021/italy-gives-50-million-to-fight-ebola-disease Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:25:00 +0200 italy-gives-50-million-to-fight-ebola-disease The British, US, French, German and Italian leaders will hold a video conference call on Wednesday to discuss the Ebola epidemic, Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman said. https://www.thelocal.it/20141015/renzi-joins-counterparts-in-call-on-ebola-and-isis Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:34:39 +0200 renzi-joins-counterparts-in-call-on-ebola-and-isis A Pisa-bound plane from Istanbul was forced to divert to Rome after two suspected cases of the deadly Ebola virus during the flight. https://www.thelocal.it/20141014/plane-diverts-to-rome-after-ebola-scare Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:43:00 +0200 plane-diverts-to-rome-after-ebola-scare A man who suddenly became ill at the immigration office in Rome on Monday morning suffered a seizure and had not contracted the deadly Ebola virus, as initially suspected. https://www.thelocal.it/20141013/rome-ebola-case-was-a-false-alarm Mon, 13 Oct 2014 17:59:00 +0200 rome-ebola-case-was-a-false-alarm AC Milan have "categorically denied" that Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien has contracted Ebola while on national team duty. https://www.thelocal.it/20141013/football-ac-milan-deny-essien-ebola-reports Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:44:00 +0200 football-ac-milan-deny-essien-ebola-reports