Geneva - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday, believes Ebola outbreak that infected three West African countries - namely Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone - will not spread in the surrounding region.
When asked whether people in countries such as Guinea Bissau, Mali, and the Ivory Coast potentially infected with Ebola unnoticed, Assistant Director General Keiji Fukuda, said the possibility was small.
"We believe that the spread of Ebola is not extended to the neighboring countries. It is still a concern for everyone, but to date we have not seen such an outbreak occur," Fukuda told Reuters reporters in Geneva.
Last week, the WHO said it would send a group of experts to Mali and Côte d'Ivoire to ensure the readiness of both countries.
If the spread of Ebola Ivory Coast, the economic impact will be felt around the world because of the country - with Ghana - is a supplier of 60 percent of global cocoa beans. (See also: Nigeria declared Ebola free)
WHO's Emergency Committee said that the Ebola permission restrictions out of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea by air, land and sea is an important step for the prevention of the spread of Ebola into other parts of Africa.
Some experts in the WHO committee said that the restriction policy can be enforced by "filling out the questionnaire, measurement of body temperature, and - if the fever cases are found - the risk assessment if the fever caused by Ebola.
To date, 36,000 people had to leave Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone with through the mechanisms mentioned restrictions WHO. As many as 100 of them have been "suspended discharge permit," said Isabelle Nuttal of WHO health cluster resistance.
WHO Committee itself confirms that a full ban travel and international trade should not be enforced due to Ebola.
In the records of the WHO, the Ebola virus has killed 4,877 people. But the figure could potentially swell threefold because of the difficulty of data collection. (See also: WHO predictions Ebola outbreak could jangkiti 20 thousand people)
WHO itself had previously asked for help as much as 12,000 local staff and 750 foreign experts but recently raising it to 20,000 and 1,000. Until now there are 600 foreign experts.
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October 26, 2014
October 19, 2014
How Ebola Infected Nurse in Spain?
A nurse-positive women infected with the Ebola virus after he took care of a missionary priest in Africa who are infected with this virus. This case is the first Ebola transmission occurring outside Africa.
Nurse woman is part of a medical team that handles the 69-year-old Spanish priest who died last September after being flown home from Sierra Leone where he was assigned. Such information from the Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato.
The nurse came to the hospital on the outskirts of Madrid Alcorcon with complaints of fever and immediately isolated. Mato said the nurse was confirmed infected with ebola of two tests performed.
The initial symptoms experienced nurse is just a high fever. Now health officials are authorized in the country is to record people who had contact with the nurse.
Spain's previous nurse caring for Manuel Garcia Viejo, the second missionary priest from Spain who died of ebola. In August, the pastor Mijuel Pajares (75) was also flown back to Spain from Liberia because contracted ebola. But he died after attempted treated with experimental drugs ZMapp ebola.
Ebola virus is only spread through direct contact with body fluids of an infected person and is showing symptoms. In West Africa, the disease is spreading rapidly in people who care for family members or funeral patient handling.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,400 people. Cases of transmission occurring outside Africa is increasingly worried about a lot of countries. Some airlines also tightened checks on passengers at the airport.
Nurse woman is part of a medical team that handles the 69-year-old Spanish priest who died last September after being flown home from Sierra Leone where he was assigned. Such information from the Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato.
The nurse came to the hospital on the outskirts of Madrid Alcorcon with complaints of fever and immediately isolated. Mato said the nurse was confirmed infected with ebola of two tests performed.
The initial symptoms experienced nurse is just a high fever. Now health officials are authorized in the country is to record people who had contact with the nurse.
Spain's previous nurse caring for Manuel Garcia Viejo, the second missionary priest from Spain who died of ebola. In August, the pastor Mijuel Pajares (75) was also flown back to Spain from Liberia because contracted ebola. But he died after attempted treated with experimental drugs ZMapp ebola.
Ebola virus is only spread through direct contact with body fluids of an infected person and is showing symptoms. In West Africa, the disease is spreading rapidly in people who care for family members or funeral patient handling.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,400 people. Cases of transmission occurring outside Africa is increasingly worried about a lot of countries. Some airlines also tightened checks on passengers at the airport.
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