At least 10 Americans possibly exposed to the deadly Ebola virus were
being flown to the United States from Sierra Leone for observation, the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.
August 2014 – AFRICA -
Benin has reported two cases of the deadly Ebola virus in the west
African country. Health Ministry official Aboubacar Moufiliatou said
that a man suspected to have contracted the virus had died.
“Fortunately, blood samples have been taken from the deceased patient to
examine if his death was linked with Ebola,” Moufililatou told the
state television Thursday night. He said another man has been
quarantined after showing symptoms of the deadly virus after returning
from the Nigerian city of Lagos. “Blood tests from the suspected case
will be conducted in laboratories approved by the World Health
Organization (WHO) to confirm or deny the infection,” he said. The WHO
has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be an “international
public health emergency” as the virus reportedly continues to spread
through the region in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. According to
the latest WHO report, Ebola has killed 932 people in West Africa. The
Ebola virus, a contagious disease for which there is no known treatment
or cure, can be transmitted to humans from wild animals and also spreads
through contact with the body fluids of an infected person or someone
who has died of the disease. Medical doctors say common symptoms of
Ebola include high fever and headaches, followed by bleeding from
openings in the body. If the cases turn out to be Ebola, this would be
the fifth country in Africa where the virus has spread. –Turkish Weekly
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