Update: Ebola outbreak, Carriers of Ebola into Nigeria Mr. Sawyer 'Snubbed' Warning About Travel to Nigeria


NIGERIA, (NN1)—The Assistant Minister of Preventive Services of Ministry of Health & Social Welfare has said the Ministry of Finance official who died of the Ebola virus in Lagos State, Nigeria, had left Liberia against warning not to leave. He didn't, however, state whether it was the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Finance that warned him from leaving Liberia.
The Health Official, Mr. Tolbert Nyenswah, was referring to Mr. Patrick Sawyer, Coordinator of the ECOWAS National Unit at the Ministry of Finance.
"Mr. Sawyer was told not to leave the country, but he left," Mr. Nyenswah disclosed on FARBRIC radio's program on the Ebola issue yesterday July 30. He called to the program.
Reports say Mr. Sawyer was in Nigeria for an official meeting when he died of Ebola.
According to official communication from the Ministry of Finance, all Finance Ministry officials who had direct or indirect contact with the late Sawyer before he departed for Nigeria have been placed on the WHO-mandated 21-day surveillance beginning from July 20, the date the diseased Finance Ministry official left Liberia for Nigeria. Mr. Nyenswah said the government has traced Mr. Sawyer's movements to where he died by speaking to authorities of Liberia's international Airport (RIA) and those of Nigeria.
However, the government had not tracked the vehicle that took Mr. Sawyer to RIA. "Here is where we erred," Mr. Nyenswah responded to the question from Mr. Christian Nelson of Radio Lib, a US-based sister radio station of FARBRIC, on whether Liberia's Ministry of Health had tracked the vehicle to prevent its contact with uninfected persons.
The person with Mr. Sawyer in the vehicle to the Airport should also be tracked.
Minister Nyenswah noted that the World Health Organization (WHO) has said Liberia needs about US$14M to fight the Ebola virus in the country. "This is far more than the one-point-five million dollars the Ministry had requested, which some Liberians said was too much," the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the Republic of Liberia stressed.
He admitted that the Ministry of Health genuinely appreciates the Liberian news media's partnership in the fight against the Ebola virus, but warned against politicization of the issue by the same pro-fight partner.
The Ebola virus entered Liberia, via Guinea, in March, 2014, and has killed over 125 persons in Liberia, according to official information from the Ministry of Health. Some of its victims are nurses at various hospitals, a Ugandan specialist doctor (Sam Mutooro Muhumuza) hired to contain the virus in Liberia, and, recently, a top medical doctor (Samuel Brisbane) at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center. The total number of deaths for 2014's alone is 672 for West Africa--current represented by Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The number is 112 more than that of 1976, when the virus was first discovered in the Republic of Congo.

What is Ebola virus disease?
Ebola virus disease (EVD) was previously known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever.
It is a severe, often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees).
EVD is caused by a virus, and first appeared in 1976 when two outbreaks (one in an area near the Ebola River in Democratic Republic of Congo, and the other in South Sudan) occurred. Since then, sporadic outbreaks have occurred, most commonly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, South Sudan, Congo and Gabon.
The origin of Ebola virus is not known, but fruit bats are thought to be the likely host of the virus.

How do people become infected with Ebola virus?

Ebola virus is transmitted to humans through direct contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals (which include chimpanzees, gorillas, bats, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines). This occurs when hunters/other persons come into contact with dead animals found lying in the rainforest, or handling raw meat of infected animals.
Once a person is infected, the Ebola virus can spread to other people in the community.
Infection occurs from direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes, including the nose, eyes and mouth) with blood, or other bodily fluids and secretions (including stool, urine, saliva, semen) of infected people.

Who is at risk for becoming infected with Ebola virus?

During EVD outbreaks, the following persons are most at risk for infection: Healthcare workers
Family members or friends in close contact with infected people, because they come in close contact with infectious secretions/bodily fluids when caring for ill persons
Mourners who have direct contact with the bodies of the deceased as part of burial ceremonies
Hunters/other persons in the rain forest who come into contact with infected animals in the forest

What are the signs and symptoms of EVD?

After infection with the Ebola virus, there is an incubation period of 2- 21 days (on average, 8- 10 days) after which the person will start to experience symptoms. The initial symptoms include fever, weakness and lethargy, muscle pain, headache and sometimes sore throat.
This is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, and sometimes a rash. Some patients may experience bleeding inside and outside of the body; this is the most serious complication.

Can EVD be prevented?

There is no licensed vaccine for EVD. Several vaccines are being tested, but none are available for clinical use as yet. Preventing initial cases is challenging, since it is still not known how exactly Ebola virus is maintained in nature and what preventive interventions would be successful.
Once an initial case of EVD occurs in a community, preventing spread to other people is critical. This includes educating the general public about the disease and how it can be prevented from spreading further.

COUNTRIES ONCE HIT WITH EBOLA VIRUS:

the following list is from Known Cases and Outbreaks of Ebola

1976 Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo)

1976 Sudan

1977 Zaire

1989–1990 Philippines

1992 Italy

1994 Gabon

1994 Ivory Coast

1995 Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)

1996 Jan–Apr Gabon

1996 South Africa
A medical professional traveled from Gabon to Johannesburg, South Africa, after having treated Ebola virus-infected patients and thus having been exposed to the virus. He was hospitalized, and a nurse who took care of him became infected and died.

1996 USA
was introduced into a quarantine facility in Texas by monkeys imported from the Philippines. No human infections were identified.

1996 Philippines

2000–2001 Uganda

2001–2002 Oct–Mar Gabon

2001–2002 Oct–Mar Republic of Congo
Outbreak occurred over the border of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. This was the first time that Ebola hemorrhagic fever was reported in the Republic of the Congo.

2002–2003 Dec–Apr Republic of Congo

2004 Sudan

2007 Democratic Republic of Congo

2007–2008 Dec–Jan Uganda

2008 Nov Philippines

2008–2009 Dec–Feb Democratic Republic of Congo

2012 Jun–Aug Uganda

LATEST OUTBREAK: 2014
Guinea
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Outbreak is currently ongoing in southeastern Guinea, including the capital Conakryand the neighbour countries Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria

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D guy use his own kobalis our pple

This Liberian man don make us add for this list