Tag: Liberia

• Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 18:52 UTC

  Liberia becomes the world's largest ship registry; in bulk carriers, China is the flag

  

  For the first time in 30 years Panama is no longer the world’s largest ship registry. Rival Liberia has overhauled the Central American nation in terms of gross tonnage in new data issued by Clarksons Research.

• Friday, August 22nd 2014 - 13:19 UTC

  Two first patients treated for Ebola virus in US hospital have been released

  

  The two United States aid workers who were the first patients ever to be treated for the Ebola virus at a hospital in the US have been released, capping a transcontinental medical drama that stirred public debate about whether citizens with the virus or exposed to the virus should have been allowed to return.

• Saturday, August 2nd 2014 - 07:48 UTC

  Growing concerns the Ebola outbreak could spread globally by travelers

  

  Concerns have been expressed about the possibility of the current Ebola outbreak spreading globally after an infected airline passenger introduced the deadly virus to Nigeria. All outbreaks since 1976, when Ebola was first identified, have been confined to rural and forested areas in Africa, with the previous highest death toll being 280.