After leaving a trail of death in Guinea and Liberia, the Ebola virus might have come to Canada. A man is critically ill and isolated in a hospital in the city of Saskatoon, in western Canada, with symptoms of a viral hemorrhagic fever. The patient could have been infected in Liberia, where he traveled for work. Since the first cases were reported in January, Ebola has killed more than 60 people in Liberia and 5 in neighboring Guinea Conakry. The countries of the region, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Mali and Sierra Leone, are on alert. There is no treatment for Ebola, against which only serve preventive measures. MSF teams and the World Health Organization are in the affected areas will distribute protective kits in the population.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 05:54:53 +0000