ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT EBOLA VIRUS:
1. It is a Central African disease that has traveled over
countries in a living host to West Africa. It is easily spread by physical
contact and eating contaminated bush meat. Major hosts are in 5 species of Bats
but monkeys and apes are easily infected and killed.
2. It kills in a
week, leaving no time to treat an individual
3. It has no known vaccine or cure
4. Known cases have been experienced recently in Guniea,
Liberia and Central Africa Rep, spreading eastwards
and westwards towards Nigeria. Death toll so far in West Africa is over 100.
5. The Ebola outbreak of 2014 is
the most challenging one witnessed in Africa;
WHAT WE CAN DO?
1. Avoid eating any bush meat
for now! Especially Apes and Bats
2. Wash your hands as regularly
as possible, especially after shaking a stranger. It is spread by contact.
3. The most straightforward
prevention method during Ebola outbreaks is not touching patients, their
excretions, and body fluids, or possibly contaminated materials and utensils.
Patients should be isolated, and medical staff should be trained and apply
strict barrier nursing techniques (disposable face mask, gloves, goggles, and a
gown at all times). Traditional burial rituals, especially those requiring
embalming of bodies, should be discouraged or modified. Awareness is key, let's
not wait until we hear of an outbreak at umudike junction or gate six before we
act! Please share oo!
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