SANNIQUELLIE, August 3 (LINA) - Nimba County authorities have constituted a Task Force to contain the spread of the deadly Ebola disease in the county. The task force would be decentralized into districts, clans, towns and community task forces, and charged to conduct awareness and seek personal protection equipment for health facilities in the county.

GBARNGA, August 3 (LINA) - Actionaid Liberia says it has raised US$3 million to enhance and protect the rights of women, girls and others being discriminated against in four of Liberia’s 15 counties.

GBARNGA, August 3 (LINA) - The Bong County branch of the Liberia Marketing Association (LMA) is calling on marketers to abide by the preventive measures outlined by the Ministry of Health to contain the deadly Ebola virus.

GBARNGA, August 3 (LINA) - Bong County Health Officer (CHO), Dr. Samson K. Arzoquoi, has dispelled rumors that the Phebe and C.B. Dunbar hospitals have closed down.

According to Dr. Arzoquoi, both hospitals remain functional but at a low scale due to the absence of nurses and other support staff at these health facilities.

MONROVIA, August 2 (LINA) - Leaders of the sub-regional Mano River Union (MRU) have held a one-day summit in the Guinean capital, Conakry, on the Ebola disease that is ravishing their countries. The MRU is an economic bloc grouping Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire.

MONROVIA, August 2 (LINA) - Vice President Joseph N. Boakai has left the country to join African Heads of State at the first U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit hosted by U.S President Barack Obama. 

VOINJAMA, August 2 (LINA) -The Liberia National Police detachment in Lofa County is investigating an attack on a health team in which two health workers sustained injuries and an ambulance belonging to the Lofa County Health Team was damaged.

VOINJAMA, August 2 (LINA) - Citizens of Quadou Gboni District in Lofa County have pledged their support to the County Health Team (CHT) and health workers in the fight against the deadly Ebola disease.

ROBERTSPORT, August 2 (LINA) -The Grand Cape Mount County Health Team (CHT) has appealed for additional logistics to enable it intensify the fight against the Ebola disease in the county.

MONROVIA, August 2 (LINA) - Deputy Police Inspector General for Operations, Col. Abraham Kromah, has assured that the police will enforce the recent government regulation calling for reduction in the number of passengers riding commercial vehicles.