Five Things You Must Know About Ebola Virus

Since the outbreaks in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia in February this year, the Ebola virus in West Africa has infected more than 1,300 people. The spread of the epidemic highlights the fact that countries with poor medical facilities still face significant challenges in combating deadly diseases. Two Americans working at African treatment centers have also been infected with the virus.

Here are five things to know about the Ebola virus:

1. This round of outbreaks hit Ebola’s history the largest since this year. The Ebola outbreak in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone has infected more than 1,300 people, of which more than 700 have died. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), warned on Friday that the epidemic is gradually out of control, and if not immediately put more effort, it could lead to massive deaths and economic destruction of patients. Sexual consequences.

2. Some patients are still alive. Although the mortality rate of Ebola may be as high as 90%, health officials say the current mortality rate is around 70%. The richest people got medical care at the first time. There is no vaccine or cure.

3. Ebola symptoms look like other diseases According to WHO, early symptoms of Ebola infection include fever, headache, muscle soreness, and sore throat. It is difficult to distinguish Ebola from malaria, typhoid fever or cholera.

4. Ebola can only transmit Ebola virus through body fluids and cannot spread through the air. The Ebola virus can only be infected when it comes in contact with the body fluids of infected people (including blood, sweat, vomit, urine, saliva, or semen). According to experts, patients are not contagious before they become ill and are not highly contagious even if they begin to show symptoms. People who are very sick and unlikely to walk around are most contagious.

5. What measures are being taken to combat Ebola WHO said it will launch a 100 million U.S. dollar prevention and control plan with member states to invest more funds and diseases in the above three countries to combat personnel, including disease control from the United States The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dispatched 50 additional staff.