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Ebola Kills Liberia Doctor Despite Zmapp Treatment by Smartjeezy(m): 2:31pm On Aug 25, 2014
A Liberian doctor has died
despite taking an
experimental anti-Ebola
drug, Liberia's information
minister says.
Abraham Borbor was one of
three doctors in Liberia who
had been given ZMapp and
were showing signs of
recovery.
ZMapp has been credited
with helping several
patients recover, including
two US doctors.
More than 1,400 people
have died from Ebola this
year in four West African
countries - Guinea, Liberia,
Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
Dr Borbor "was showing
signs of improvement but
yesterday (Sunday) he took
a turn for the worse,"
Liberian Information Minister
Lewis Brown told the
Associated Press news
agency.
Mr Brown provided no
further details, but it is
believed Dr Borbor died in
the capital Monrovia.
UK isolation case
Meanwhile, the family of a
British volunteer nurse being
treated at a hospital in
London after contracting
Ebola in Sierra Leone said
said
he was receiving
"excellent care".
William Pooley, 29, returned
to the UK on Sunday and is
being kept in a special
isolation unit.
Supplies of Zmapp are
thought to have been used
up and he is not currently
being treated with the drug.
However, officials have not
ruled the use of Zmapp or
similar treatments.
Ebola is spread between
humans through direct
contact with infected body
fluids and several doctors
and health workers have
died.
It is one of the world's
deadliest diseases, with up
to 90% of cases resulting in
death, although in the
current outbreak the rate is
about 55%.
The speed and extent of the
outbreak was
"unprecedented", the World
Health Organization (WHO)
said last week.
An estimated 2,615 people
in West Africa have been
infected with Ebola since
March.
On Saturday, Sierra Leone's
parliament passed a new
law making it a criminal
offence to hide Ebola
patients.
If approved by the
president, those caught face
up to two years in prison....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28925491

Re: Ebola Kills Liberia Doctor Despite Zmapp Treatment by Smartjeezy(m): 2:35pm On Aug 25, 2014
¤Fruit bats are believed to be
a major carrier of the Ebola
virus but do not show
symptoms
¤Symptoms include high
fever, bleeding and
central nervous system
damage
¤Fatality rate can reach
90% - but current
outbreak has mortality
rate of about 55%
Incubation period is two
to 21 days
¤There is no vaccine or
cure
Supportive care such as
rehydrating patients
who have diarrhoea and
vomiting can help
recovery
¤Fruit bats, a delicacy for
some West Africans, are
considered to be virus's
natural host.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/Ebola
Re: Ebola Kills Liberia Doctor Despite Zmapp Treatment by Infomizer(m): 2:46pm On Aug 25, 2014
Ebola is balling hard mhen!
Re: Ebola Kills Liberia Doctor Despite Zmapp Treatment by Daguccizgreat(m): 2:58pm On Aug 25, 2014
So even the zmapp ain't curing ebola perfectly and they ”termed“ our Nano silver pesticide. America deceiving the world since 1818
Re: Ebola Kills Liberia Doctor Despite Zmapp Treatment by dominique(f): 3:42pm On Aug 25, 2014

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