Ebola Virus Attack : A Threat for The Congo

Ebola virus has terribly attacked in Congo in the history, killed more than 190 people in the country since the outbreak was declared in August and nearly 100 people have survived Ebola, according to the health ministry.
Ebola is far from new in Congo that first labeled an outbreak on May 8, 1970s indentified in Yambuku, in the Equateur province, the ministry said.
The virus can spread from infected animals to humans who come into contact with contaminated blood. Ebola virus isn’t airborne instead, it moves from one person to another through contact with infected bodily fluids.
“No other epidemic in the world has been as complex as the one we are currently experiencing,” saying this Kalenga added “Since their arrival in the region, the response teams have faced threats, physical assaults, repeated destruction of their equipment, and kidnapping. Two of our colleagues in the Rapid Response Medical Unit even lost their lives in an attack.”
All the people it knew had been exposed to the virus had gone 21 days without showing any signs of the virus and if the country makes it to 42 days without a new case of Ebola, officials can declare an end to the outbreak said Congo’s health ministry.
Ebola previously attacked in 2014 and in that time it claimed more than 11,000 lives, hospitals were overburdened. Professor Raina MacIntyre said that this time they had better arrangement.
“It’s very much an infection that is spread in healthcare facilities; a lot of healthcare workers died in the West African outbreak,” she added “I think the hospital infection control aspect was better managed this time.”
This time around we also had a new tool that was an investigational vaccine with which we managed to protect more than 3,300 people,” Mr Jasarevic said.
Ebola is spread via small amounts of bodily fluid and infection often proves fatal.
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