I am sure that some of you have already had queries/cancellations in this regard and below is some useful information that can assist in advising agents and operators. Ebola is transmitted to humans from wild animals and is then spread through direct contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of those who are already infected. Symptoms, which can begin between two to 21 days after infection, include fever, muscle pain, headache and a sore throat followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function and in some cases both internal and external bleeding. Ebola is not contagious until symptoms appear. Patients can survive if they are rehydrated and treated for their symptoms in hospital. RISK OF GETTING INFECTED: Almost zero. As direct contact with an infected person is required for the virus to spread, health officials say the risk to the public is “very low”. To illustrate this point, the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Peter Piot, has said he would happily sit next to an Ebola patient on the London Underground. The UK is much closer to the infected regions than South Africa SOUTH AFRICA— There are no reported cases of Ebola in South Africa South Africa has banned travellers from the three Ebola-hit West African nations. South Africas travel ban for those coming in from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea will be in place for as long as necessary, said Jo Maila, a spokesman for the health ministry. South Africans returning from these countries would be allowed back home but would undergo extensive medical tests, Mr. Maila added. Stringent measures have been put in place at South African airports to identify passengers displaying symptoms of the deadly Ebola virus and help prevent its spread, The National Department of Health has said.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:57:34 +0000
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