Nigeria says it has put all entries into the country on red alert after confirming the death of a Liberian man who was carrying the Ebola virus.
The man died after arriving at Lagos airport on Tuesday, in the first Ebola case in Africa’s most populous country.
Surveillance has been stepped up at all “airports, seaports and land borders”, says Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu.
Since February, more than 660 people have died of Ebola in West Africa – the world’s deadliest outbreak to date.
Too and they aren’t on red alert about Boko Haram.
Numbers 16:47-48 (NKJV)
[b]Then Aaron took it as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and already the plague had begun among the people. So he put in the incense and made atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; so the plague was stopped.[/b]
Our Father in heaven,
Jesus has made atonement for the people in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria.
[blockquote]Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.[/blockquote]
We cry out for Jesus to stand between the living and the dead and stop this plague. Stir the hearts of the intercessors and let their prayers be like Aaron’s incense.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Amen.
[url=http://anglicanprayer.wordpress.com/?s=Ebola]More prayers[/url].
Following this story closely. Very sad news is that several leading doctors and nurses on the front lines of fighting the virus have now come down with the virus, and one doctor has died over the weekend.
One of the doctors who is now ill is a US doctor with Samaritan’s Purse. It would be good to especially pray for the medical workers battling this virus….
The Samaritan’s Purse doc (working in Liberia) is Kent Brantly – from Fort Worth.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/kent-brantly-fort-worth-doctor-in-africa-tests-positive-for-ebola-virus-268750291.html
http://news.discovery.com/human/health/us-doctor-infected-with-ebola-in-liberia-outbreak-140727.htm
I may have seen reports of a second worker from SIM / Samaritan’s Purse also infected. Not sure…
A doctor in Liberia, Dr. Samuel Brisbane, a Liberian, I believe, has just died:
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/07/27/ebola-virus-kills-senior-doctor-in-liberia/
And the top Ebola doctor in Sierra Leone also has come down with the illness. His name is Sheik Umar Khan:
http://news.yahoo.com/sierra-leones-chief-ebola-doctor-contracts-virus-105544542.html
The stories of a second American being infected with Ebola are sadly true: A SIM / Samaritan’s Purse missionary, Nancy Writebol, in Liberia has caught the virus. (She works at the same hospital as Dr. Kent Brantly)
http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/health/2014/07/28/hundreds-prayer-for-local-missionary/13258681/
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/samaritans-purse-doctor-tests-positive-ebola/ngpg5/
Karen B., we can hope that the two American doctors will fare better than the average ebola victim. It is said that if treatment is begun early survival rates are higher. But that won’t help Africa in general. I echo Jill Woodliff’s cry for God’s intervention and for prayer.
News today indicates the American doctor is in grave condition, and the premier Liberian doctor treating Ebola has passed away. Lord, have mercy on Africa and on your servants there.
The man who died in Lagos was on the way to visit his children in the Detroit, Michigan area. He didn’t make it. We may have to ask US-bound flights to use disposable forehead fever thermometers on every departing passenger and crew.