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When it hits the fan, don't say we didn't warn you.

Ebola, a haemorrhagic fever, killed at least 11,000 across the world after it decimated West Africa and spread rapidly over the space of two years.

The pandemic was officially declared over back in January 2016, when Liberia was announced to be Ebola-free by the WHO.

The country, rocked by back-to-back civil wars that ended in 2003, was hit the hardest by the fever, with 40 per cent of the deaths having occurred there.

Sierra Leone reported the highest number of Ebola cases, with nearly of all those infected having been residents of the nation. -Daily Mail

The death toll from the deadly Nipah virus in the southern Indian state of Kerala has risen to 10, doctors say. Two others who have tested positive for the virus are critically ill.

Some 40 people have been put under under quarantine following the deaths.
Symptoms of infection include fever, vomiting and headaches, making the virus hard to diagnose.
Nipah has a mortality rate of 70% and there is no vaccine. It can be transmitted to humans from animals.
Nipah virus is also "top of the list" of 10 priority diseases that the WHO has identified as potentials for the next major outbreak.