Mark Zuckerberg to donate $25 million to fight Ebola

Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg announced on his facebook page that he and his wife, Priscilla will be donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to help fight Ebola. His statement is below

“Priscilla and I are donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to help fight Ebola. The Ebola epidemic is at a critical turning point. It has infected 8,400 people so far, but it is spreading very quickly and projections suggest it could infect 1 million people or more over the next several months if not addressed.

We need to get Ebola under control in the near term so that it doesn't spread further and become a long term global health crisis that we end up fighting for decades at large scale, like HIV or polio.

We believe our grant is the quickest way to empower the CDC and the experts in this field to prevent this outcome.

Grants like this directly help the front-line respondents in their heroic work. These people are on the ground setting up care centers, training local staff, identifying Ebola cases and much more.

We are hopeful this will help save lives and get this outbreak under control.”

Micheal Essien denies he has ebola.

Michael Essien is a Ghanaian midfielder footballer who formerly played for Chelsea but now plays for Milan and the Ghana national team. He is known for his defensive play and his tough tackling style which has earned him the nickname "The Bison” by his fans in Ghana.

He took to twitter to deny the rumor making rounds that he had contracted the dreaded ebola virus.

He tweeted: "No truth in internet rumours that I have contracted Ebola. I'm very well & I'm doing very good & will be training as usual tomorrow. #falsenews

He then later twitted

“The true victims of Ebola deserve better and our thoughts & prayers are with them and their families.#sue” hinting he might file a sue.

He also posted this on instagram:

“I'm very fit and very healthy,No truth in the internet rumours that I have contracted Ebola.im well & will be training as usual tomorrow.The Ebola virus is a very serious issue and people shouldn't joke about it.Whoever wrote this article is very unprofessional and insensitive...!!!#Jahbless✌️”