Geneva - The death toll from the Ebola epidemic rose to 4922 from 10 141 known cases in eight countries until October 23, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday.
The three worst states in West Africa - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - including the number most part, recorded 4912 deaths of 10 114 cases, the WHO said in its latest Data.
The overall figures include outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal, are considered by the WHO to present more and more, as well as isolated cases in Spain, the United States and one case in Mali.
But the actual number of victims may be three more times: by a factor of 1.5 in Guinea, Sierra Leone and the second at 2.5 in Liberia, while the death rate is estimated at about 70 percent of all cases.
Explaining this projection, the WHO said many families who take care of people infected in the home rather than placing them in isolation in treatment centers, some of which have been rejected because of patient crowding.
The UN agency, to hear fun note, said that of the eight counties in Liberia and Guinea, which shares a border with Ivory Coast, only two are still not reported confirmed or probable cases of Ebola.
Showing posts with label ebola. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ebola. Show all posts
October 26, 2014
Kenya will train 30,000 health workers about Ebola
Nairobi - Kenya plans to train 30,000 health workers for scanning, prevention, control and management of cases of Ebola, said Health Ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
Director of Medical Services of the Ministry of Health Nicholas Muraguri said the training was supported by 150 specialists in the control of infectious disease that is spread all over the country.
"This is part of government efforts to build health facilities in identifying suspected cases and managing cases of infection," said Muraguri.
Ebola has so far killed more than 4,500 people, primarily in West African countries such as Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, even though no cases of Ebola have been reported in Kenya so far.
"However, the Ministry of Health would like to assure the public that the government is on high alert and have implemented measures to prevent possible outbreaks of Ebola," he said in Nairobi.
"The Ministry of Health works closely with stakeholders has established a system for monitoring and management of Ebola cases through the National Ebola Task Force and Multi-Department Coordination Team," added Muraguri.
He said scanning passengers at all ports of entry has been intensified through the establishment of the Committee Passengers scanner that guarantees 100 percent scanning of all passengers.
The leading doctor said it plans to install the scanner temperature (Thermoscan) automatic infrared at Kenya's main airport and other ports of entry in order to improve the detection of Ebola and other viruses.
Kenya Ministry of Health is currently working to increase public awareness through the media and social media to ensure that all Kenyans get information about Ebola, Xinhua reported.
Director of Medical Services of the Ministry of Health Nicholas Muraguri said the training was supported by 150 specialists in the control of infectious disease that is spread all over the country.
"This is part of government efforts to build health facilities in identifying suspected cases and managing cases of infection," said Muraguri.
Ebola has so far killed more than 4,500 people, primarily in West African countries such as Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, even though no cases of Ebola have been reported in Kenya so far.
"However, the Ministry of Health would like to assure the public that the government is on high alert and have implemented measures to prevent possible outbreaks of Ebola," he said in Nairobi.
"The Ministry of Health works closely with stakeholders has established a system for monitoring and management of Ebola cases through the National Ebola Task Force and Multi-Department Coordination Team," added Muraguri.
He said scanning passengers at all ports of entry has been intensified through the establishment of the Committee Passengers scanner that guarantees 100 percent scanning of all passengers.
The leading doctor said it plans to install the scanner temperature (Thermoscan) automatic infrared at Kenya's main airport and other ports of entry in order to improve the detection of Ebola and other viruses.
Kenya Ministry of Health is currently working to increase public awareness through the media and social media to ensure that all Kenyans get information about Ebola, Xinhua reported.
WHO Ebola sure will not spread far
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.
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.
A doctor in New York examined exposure to Ebola
New York - A doctor with symptoms potentially exposed to Ebola, returning from a trip to the West African country, amid examined at a New York hospital.
The doctor, identified by local media as Craig Spencer (33), fever and indigestion, officials said New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in a statement on Thursday.
The doctor, who reportedly worked in Guinea for Doctors Without Borders (MSF), home to the United States in the past 21 days, were treated at Belleuve Hospital, said the US Department of Health.
Twenty-one days is the maximum incubation period for Ebola virus.
The results of the initial examination is expected to be obtained in the next 12 hours. (See also: WHO Ebola convinced it will not spread much)
"The possibility of the average citizen of New York attacked by Ebola very thin," said Department of Health, as quoted by Xinhua.
"Ebola is spread through direct contact with body fluids of infected people. People can not be infected just because he is near someone who is infected with Ebola," he said.
The doctor, identified by local media as Craig Spencer (33), fever and indigestion, officials said New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in a statement on Thursday.
The doctor, who reportedly worked in Guinea for Doctors Without Borders (MSF), home to the United States in the past 21 days, were treated at Belleuve Hospital, said the US Department of Health.
Twenty-one days is the maximum incubation period for Ebola virus.
The results of the initial examination is expected to be obtained in the next 12 hours. (See also: WHO Ebola convinced it will not spread much)
"The possibility of the average citizen of New York attacked by Ebola very thin," said Department of Health, as quoted by Xinhua.
"Ebola is spread through direct contact with body fluids of infected people. People can not be infected just because he is near someone who is infected with Ebola," he said.
October 25, 2014
Mali sixth African country affected by ebola
Bamako, Mali - Mali ensuring first tularan ebola, Thursday, thus becoming the sixth state untouched West African history's worst outbreak of dengue fever, which has killed almost 4,900 people.
Mali's Health Minister, Ousmane Kone, state television said, patients in the western city, Kayes, it is a two-year-old girl, who had just arrived from neighboring Guinea, where ebola begins.
"The condition of the girl, according to our service, improved handling thanks to the quick," the minister told state television.
A health ministry official, who asked not to be named, said the girl's mother died in Guinea a few weeks ago and the baby was taken by relatives to the Mali capital of Bamako, where he stayed for 10 days in the environment Bagadadji before heading to Kayes.
A ministry statement said the girl, who comes from the city of Guinea, Kissidougou, received at the Hospital Fousseyni Daou Kayes on Wednesday night, where he was immediately tested for Ebola.
People who come in contact with patients in the Kayes have also been identified and placed under surveillance, said the minister. But he appealed to anyone who believes they may have contact with the girl to move forward, inform yourself.
A large number of deaths and nearly 10,000 cases of the disease has spread in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The outbreak also spread to smaller Senegal and Nigeria, Africa's most populous, but they have been declared Ebola-free by the WHO.
Official figures are known based on the report and the actual death toll may be three times as much, according to the WHO this week.
A completely separate outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa, also seems to have been resolved.
Mali's Health Minister, Ousmane Kone, state television said, patients in the western city, Kayes, it is a two-year-old girl, who had just arrived from neighboring Guinea, where ebola begins.
"The condition of the girl, according to our service, improved handling thanks to the quick," the minister told state television.
A health ministry official, who asked not to be named, said the girl's mother died in Guinea a few weeks ago and the baby was taken by relatives to the Mali capital of Bamako, where he stayed for 10 days in the environment Bagadadji before heading to Kayes.
A ministry statement said the girl, who comes from the city of Guinea, Kissidougou, received at the Hospital Fousseyni Daou Kayes on Wednesday night, where he was immediately tested for Ebola.
People who come in contact with patients in the Kayes have also been identified and placed under surveillance, said the minister. But he appealed to anyone who believes they may have contact with the girl to move forward, inform yourself.
A large number of deaths and nearly 10,000 cases of the disease has spread in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The outbreak also spread to smaller Senegal and Nigeria, Africa's most populous, but they have been declared Ebola-free by the WHO.
Official figures are known based on the report and the actual death toll may be three times as much, according to the WHO this week.
A completely separate outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa, also seems to have been resolved.
Tips to avoid Ebola
1. Avoid direct contact with Ebola patients, because the virus is spread through contaminated body fluids.
2. Clothing 3. Use eye protection and medical waste to be burned and any medical equipment that needs to be kept should be sterilized.
4. People who are infected with the Ebola virus had to abstain from sexual activity or to use a condom for three months.
Outbreaks of Ebola disease (EVD); (a) The symptoms are high fever, bleeding and damage to the central nervous system, (b) Spread by bodily fluids, such as blood and saliva, (c) The number of casualties could reach 90 percent, but what happens today is 70 percent .
4. The incubation period is two to 21 days.
5. There is no cure or vaccine healer
6. Support rehydration treatment as patients with diarrhea and vomiting can help recovery
7. Fruit bats of the family petropodiae, considered to be the natural parent of Ebola.
2. Clothing 3. Use eye protection and medical waste to be burned and any medical equipment that needs to be kept should be sterilized.
4. People who are infected with the Ebola virus had to abstain from sexual activity or to use a condom for three months.
Outbreaks of Ebola disease (EVD); (a) The symptoms are high fever, bleeding and damage to the central nervous system, (b) Spread by bodily fluids, such as blood and saliva, (c) The number of casualties could reach 90 percent, but what happens today is 70 percent .
4. The incubation period is two to 21 days.
5. There is no cure or vaccine healer
6. Support rehydration treatment as patients with diarrhea and vomiting can help recovery
7. Fruit bats of the family petropodiae, considered to be the natural parent of Ebola.
Doctors in New York are diagnosed positive Ebola
The doctor from New York who recently traveled to the West African nation of Guinea, who contracted Ebola, has been positively diagnosed tersedang virus, officials said New York.
Doctor Craig Spencer, who worked for Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), comes with a fever on Thursday.
He was the first case diagnosed in New York, the largest city in the United States.
More than 4,800 people died from Ebola, especially in Liberia, and Sierra Leone Geneva, since March.
Spencer fell ill with fever and diarrhea on Thursday and was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was immediately placed into the isolation room, officials said.
The health department officials took to the streets of the town to track their contacts and identify those at risk of contracting the disease from Spencer.
Ebola patients are infected and have no symptoms of the disease that moves through the body fluids, said the expert.
Spencer was the fourth person diagnosed positive Ebola in the United States.
Ebola is diagnosed first caught at the locality Liberia and traveled to Dallas and Texas, before he was exposed to the symptoms. And he died on 8 October 2014.
Two nurses who cared for him in Dallas and then participate contracted the disease and recovered on Vaccine Research.
Meanwhile on Thursday, the West African nation of Mali confirmed cases of Ebola in the country's first of a two-year-old girl recently returned from Geneva.
The mother of the child died in Geneva a couple of weeks ago and the child is taken relative to Mali, said the Minister of Health as reported by Reuters.
Mali is currently the sixth West African countries affected by Ebola, in which the health organization WHO declared that Nigeria and Senegal declared free of Ebola virus.
Separately, the WHO has identified at least two promising experimental vaccine that is trusted.
At a meeting in Geneva, the PNB-owned organization said that it takes several tests to enhance the vaccine until the end of December.
WHO said that of 443 health workers who contracted with Ebola, 244 of whom died.
Doctor Craig Spencer, who worked for Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), comes with a fever on Thursday.
He was the first case diagnosed in New York, the largest city in the United States.
More than 4,800 people died from Ebola, especially in Liberia, and Sierra Leone Geneva, since March.
Spencer fell ill with fever and diarrhea on Thursday and was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was immediately placed into the isolation room, officials said.
The health department officials took to the streets of the town to track their contacts and identify those at risk of contracting the disease from Spencer.
Ebola patients are infected and have no symptoms of the disease that moves through the body fluids, said the expert.
Spencer was the fourth person diagnosed positive Ebola in the United States.
Ebola is diagnosed first caught at the locality Liberia and traveled to Dallas and Texas, before he was exposed to the symptoms. And he died on 8 October 2014.
Two nurses who cared for him in Dallas and then participate contracted the disease and recovered on Vaccine Research.
Meanwhile on Thursday, the West African nation of Mali confirmed cases of Ebola in the country's first of a two-year-old girl recently returned from Geneva.
The mother of the child died in Geneva a couple of weeks ago and the child is taken relative to Mali, said the Minister of Health as reported by Reuters.
Mali is currently the sixth West African countries affected by Ebola, in which the health organization WHO declared that Nigeria and Senegal declared free of Ebola virus.
Separately, the WHO has identified at least two promising experimental vaccine that is trusted.
At a meeting in Geneva, the PNB-owned organization said that it takes several tests to enhance the vaccine until the end of December.
WHO said that of 443 health workers who contracted with Ebola, 244 of whom died.
October 19, 2014
Ebola headache Newcastle United boss
Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp has warned FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to be aware of the development of the Ebola virus. Apparently, in the UK, the same thing happened in the English Premier League club member (EPL) Newcastle United.
According to the news page skysport.com, on Friday (10/17/2014), nicknamed The Magpies club boss, Alan Pardew even dizzy. Because there are two contrasting penggawanya return home to Africa to defend their respective countries. Cheick Tiote defend the banner of the Ivory Coast. Meanwhile, Papiss Cisse Senegal uniformed middle.
Both the country of origin of the penggawa was indeed struggling in the African Cup qualifiers. Meanwhile, the final of the African Nations Cup will take place next year in Morocco on January 17 until February 8.
Pardew himself admitted misgivings with the health safety of his men. "It is naïve to suppose that it feels we do not think about that," said Pardew.
According to the news page skysport.com, on Friday (10/17/2014), nicknamed The Magpies club boss, Alan Pardew even dizzy. Because there are two contrasting penggawanya return home to Africa to defend their respective countries. Cheick Tiote defend the banner of the Ivory Coast. Meanwhile, Papiss Cisse Senegal uniformed middle.
Both the country of origin of the penggawa was indeed struggling in the African Cup qualifiers. Meanwhile, the final of the African Nations Cup will take place next year in Morocco on January 17 until February 8.
Pardew himself admitted misgivings with the health safety of his men. "It is naïve to suppose that it feels we do not think about that," said Pardew.
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.
Ebola Worrying World
West African ebola plague spread wild and worrisome world. A number of countries strict checking the flow of people at airports, hotels, and locations visited by people infected with ebola. In Jakarta, the Ministry of Health confirms to anticipate the treatment of diseases caused by the Ebola virus.
Anxiety is not only seen in African countries, but also in America, Europe, and even Asia. Taiwan residents began to worry after health authorities to isolate a woman from Nigeria in Taoyuan Hospital, Thursday (9/10), to ensure their health status.
Kompas journalist, Dewi Indriastuti, from Washington DC, USA, reports, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim called for quick action to control an outbreak of ebola. Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea have felt the economic impact. At least 6 million children can not go to school. Without immediate action, Africa's future is threatened.
Yesterday, about 200 janitors cabin at LaGuardia Airport, New York, USA, on strike. They were protesting the lack of protection from Ebola virus threats as they clean up the vomit and a small room on the plane.
Ebola easily spread through body fluids, including vomit. "We have to deal with vomit and did not have enough protection while working, such as gloves," said Antonia Alvarado of Air Serv, as quoted by the Service Employees International Union, the largest union in the US services.
"This nation of fear, residents are also worried. They are afraid because the mortality rate is very high. They are afraid because of the need to learn and understand the facts of the disease, "said US Secretary of Health Sylvia Burwell.
US authorities also tightened inspection at five major airports through which immigrants from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where ebola rooted and raged. At least 26 members of the US House of Representatives also proposed a ban on travel and visa restrictions to the three countries.
increase
Global anxiety rose after Teresa Romero, La Paz Hospital nurse-Carlos III, Spain, positively contagious ebola after treating two missionaries from Spain who are exposed to Ebola while serving in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Romero was the first patient infected with ebola outside Africa.
Anxiety Americans increased since Thomas Eric Duncan, US men from Liberia, died 10 days after being diagnosed positive ebola in Texas, shortly after arriving from his country.
Macedonia is also in full alert after a Briton died with suspected Ebola suffer. Another British citizen being treated for similar symptoms. Both are staying at a hotel in Skopje, capital of Macedonia. Hotel staff and ambulance crews involved direct contact with them have been isolated.
In Prague, the Czech Republic, a Czech man was treated in hospital isolation room Bulovka because the symptoms of the Ebola virus. According to a spokesman for the hospital, the man recently went to Liberia. Australian authorities on Friday, check out the Red Cross nurse in Cairns 57 years old, suffering from fever after returning from Sierra Leone.
The international community, on Thursday, in a meeting to agree on immediate action to combat Ebola. The meeting was attended by leaders of global organizations, health agencies, non-governmental organizations as well as the head of state of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, to raise global reaction over ebola outbreak.
Some countries in Asia also help handling a crisis in West Africa. Philippine Health Secretary Enrique Ona said the Philippines will send health workers. Help staff and medical equipment are also given China, South Korea, Australia, and Japan.
ready
Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi, in Jakarta, said Indonesia had anticipated outbreak of ebola. Readiness includes health workers, laboratory, to the hospital. Health workers in referral health facility or entrance states also alerted.
"We are ready. Health facilities, laboratories, medical personnel, and management has been able to handle the patient care, "said Nafsiah.
Laboratories Agency for Health Research and Development (Balitbangkes), which has been accredited with 3 biological safety level (BSL-3), has examined three samples were all negative unexpected ebola. BSL-3 laboratories in Indonesia is the Institute of Human Virology and Cancer Biology (IHVCB), University of Indonesia, Airlangga University Institute of Tropical Diseases, and the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology.
Head Balitbangkes Tjandra Yoga Aditama said it had coordinated with the Director General of Health Efforts to re-inform health workers to always obey safety procedures when dealing with infectious disease patients.
The management of the Ebola disease patient handling is not much different from the treatment of other patients with infectious diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), avian influenza, and the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Everything requires strict patient isolation. Mode of transmission are different.
Ebola virus transmission to humans occurs through direct contact with body fluids, such as blood, body secretions, and other organs of the patient. In Africa, patients initially infected with the virus from chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, and the animals were found sick or dead in the rainforest. The virus then spread to the community resulting in transmission between humans, as happened in Spain.
Anxiety is not only seen in African countries, but also in America, Europe, and even Asia. Taiwan residents began to worry after health authorities to isolate a woman from Nigeria in Taoyuan Hospital, Thursday (9/10), to ensure their health status.
Kompas journalist, Dewi Indriastuti, from Washington DC, USA, reports, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim called for quick action to control an outbreak of ebola. Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea have felt the economic impact. At least 6 million children can not go to school. Without immediate action, Africa's future is threatened.
Yesterday, about 200 janitors cabin at LaGuardia Airport, New York, USA, on strike. They were protesting the lack of protection from Ebola virus threats as they clean up the vomit and a small room on the plane.
Ebola easily spread through body fluids, including vomit. "We have to deal with vomit and did not have enough protection while working, such as gloves," said Antonia Alvarado of Air Serv, as quoted by the Service Employees International Union, the largest union in the US services.
"This nation of fear, residents are also worried. They are afraid because the mortality rate is very high. They are afraid because of the need to learn and understand the facts of the disease, "said US Secretary of Health Sylvia Burwell.
US authorities also tightened inspection at five major airports through which immigrants from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where ebola rooted and raged. At least 26 members of the US House of Representatives also proposed a ban on travel and visa restrictions to the three countries.
increase
Global anxiety rose after Teresa Romero, La Paz Hospital nurse-Carlos III, Spain, positively contagious ebola after treating two missionaries from Spain who are exposed to Ebola while serving in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Romero was the first patient infected with ebola outside Africa.
Anxiety Americans increased since Thomas Eric Duncan, US men from Liberia, died 10 days after being diagnosed positive ebola in Texas, shortly after arriving from his country.
Macedonia is also in full alert after a Briton died with suspected Ebola suffer. Another British citizen being treated for similar symptoms. Both are staying at a hotel in Skopje, capital of Macedonia. Hotel staff and ambulance crews involved direct contact with them have been isolated.
In Prague, the Czech Republic, a Czech man was treated in hospital isolation room Bulovka because the symptoms of the Ebola virus. According to a spokesman for the hospital, the man recently went to Liberia. Australian authorities on Friday, check out the Red Cross nurse in Cairns 57 years old, suffering from fever after returning from Sierra Leone.
The international community, on Thursday, in a meeting to agree on immediate action to combat Ebola. The meeting was attended by leaders of global organizations, health agencies, non-governmental organizations as well as the head of state of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, to raise global reaction over ebola outbreak.
Some countries in Asia also help handling a crisis in West Africa. Philippine Health Secretary Enrique Ona said the Philippines will send health workers. Help staff and medical equipment are also given China, South Korea, Australia, and Japan.
ready
Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi, in Jakarta, said Indonesia had anticipated outbreak of ebola. Readiness includes health workers, laboratory, to the hospital. Health workers in referral health facility or entrance states also alerted.
"We are ready. Health facilities, laboratories, medical personnel, and management has been able to handle the patient care, "said Nafsiah.
Laboratories Agency for Health Research and Development (Balitbangkes), which has been accredited with 3 biological safety level (BSL-3), has examined three samples were all negative unexpected ebola. BSL-3 laboratories in Indonesia is the Institute of Human Virology and Cancer Biology (IHVCB), University of Indonesia, Airlangga University Institute of Tropical Diseases, and the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology.
Head Balitbangkes Tjandra Yoga Aditama said it had coordinated with the Director General of Health Efforts to re-inform health workers to always obey safety procedures when dealing with infectious disease patients.
The management of the Ebola disease patient handling is not much different from the treatment of other patients with infectious diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), avian influenza, and the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Everything requires strict patient isolation. Mode of transmission are different.
Ebola virus transmission to humans occurs through direct contact with body fluids, such as blood, body secretions, and other organs of the patient. In Africa, patients initially infected with the virus from chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, and the animals were found sick or dead in the rainforest. The virus then spread to the community resulting in transmission between humans, as happened in Spain.
October 16, 2014
Ebola Virus Prevention
Prevention focuses on avoiding contact with the viruses. The following precautions can help prevent infection and spread of Ebola and Marburg.- Avoid areas of known outbreaks. Before traveling to Africa, find out about current epidemics by checking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.
- Wash your hands frequently. As with other infectious diseases, one of the most important preventive measures is frequent hand-washing. Use soap and water, or use alcohol-based hand rubs containing at least 60 percent alcohol when soap and water aren't available.
- Avoid bush meat. In developing countries, avoid buying or eating the wild animals, including nonhuman primates, sold in local markets.
- Avoid contact with infected people. In particular, caregivers should avoid contact with the person's body fluids and tissues, including blood, semen, vaginal secretions and saliva. People with Ebola or Marburg are most contagious in the later stages of the disease.
- Follow infection-control procedures. If you're a health care worker, wear protective clothing, such as gloves, masks, gowns and eye shields. Keep infected people isolated from others. Dispose of needles and sterilize other instruments.
- Don't handle remains. The bodies of people who have died of Ebola or Marburg disease are still contagious. Specially organized and trained teams should bury the remains, using appropriate safety equipment.
October 15, 2014
Ebola disease
Ebola was first identified in Africa in the mid-1970s. An outbreak that began in March 2014 was the most serious so far. By August 13 2014 it had killed more than 1,000 people across Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
An person infected with Ebola virus will typically develop a fever, headache, joint and muscle pain, sore throat, and intense muscle weakness.
These symptoms start suddenly, between 2 and 21 days after becoming infected, but usually after 5-7 days.
If you feel unwell with the above symptoms within 21 days of coming back from Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone, you should stay at home and immediately telephone 111 or 999 and explain that you have recently visited West Africa.
These services will provide advice and arrange for you to be seen in a hospital if necessary so the cause of your illness can be determined.
It's really important that medical services are expecting your arrival and calling 111 or 999 will ensure this happens.
It's difficult to know if a patient is infected with Ebola virus in the early stages as symptoms such as fever, headache and muscle pain are similar to those of many other diseases.
But specialist infection clinicians will make expert judgements on what the most likely diagnosis is based on the patient’s history.
An person infected with Ebola virus will typically develop a fever, headache, joint and muscle pain, sore throat, and intense muscle weakness.
These symptoms start suddenly, between 2 and 21 days after becoming infected, but usually after 5-7 days.
If you feel unwell with the above symptoms within 21 days of coming back from Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone, you should stay at home and immediately telephone 111 or 999 and explain that you have recently visited West Africa.
These services will provide advice and arrange for you to be seen in a hospital if necessary so the cause of your illness can be determined.
It's really important that medical services are expecting your arrival and calling 111 or 999 will ensure this happens.
It's difficult to know if a patient is infected with Ebola virus in the early stages as symptoms such as fever, headache and muscle pain are similar to those of many other diseases.
But specialist infection clinicians will make expert judgements on what the most likely diagnosis is based on the patient’s history.
Ebola patient had die
Amber Vinson, 29, a nurse at the Dallas hospital where an Ebola patient had died, was identified today as the second health care worker at the hospital to contract the deadly virus. She told the CDC her temperature was 99.5 degrees, which is below the 100.4 reading for a fever.
"She flew into Cleveland to prepare for her wedding. She came in to visit her mother and her mother’s fiance," said Toinette Parrilla, director of Cleveland Department of Public Health. Vinson stayed at her relatives' home while visiting Ohio and those relatives are employees of Kent State University, the school said in a statement.
"She did not step foot on our campus," Kent State President Beverly Warren said.
The relatives were sent home from the school and asked to monitor themselves for the next 21 days, school officials said. Vinson went on her trip after being one of the nurses who was very involved with the care for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, who died of Ebola at the Dallas hospital. She drew his blood, inserted catheters, and dealt with his bodily fluids, according to Duncan's medical records obtained by the Associated Press.
Vinson arrived in Cleveland on Friday Oct. 10 and returned to Dallas on the evening of Monday Oct. 13. She was diagnosed with a fever, which is considered to be the first symptom of the disease, on Tuesday Oct. 14. She was tested and her diagnosis was confirmed late Tuesday.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)