Guest Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 http://news.sky.com/...in-sierra-leone My sister who works at the airport tells me of the ebola security in place to screen visitors from suspect countries. Can this terrible virus be contained or is it inevitable it will spread worldwide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Seeing how the USA bought infected people into the USA...errrrr, it will spread worldwide, IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 It could - and maybe already has - simply walked across the border from Mexico. And then it will be bused to cities all across the USA by our wonderful government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Same United Kingdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneSoup Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 For this outbreak, with local transmission of the disease First case - December 2013 - Guinea - Ongoing problem Next country added: - March 2014 - Liberia - Ongoing problem Next country added: - May 2014 - Sierra Leone - Ongoing problem Next country added: - July 2014 - Nigeria - "As of 16 September, the outbreak appears to have stabilized with 22 confirmed cases and eight deaths, no new cases having been confirmed for two weeks" Next country added - August 2014 - Senegal ?? - One single sick traveler from Guinea - who recovered. No further cases confirmed. Next country added - August 2014 - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Note: This outbreak is considered unrelated to the West African cases. This is the fourth time since 2007 that isolated outbreaks have occurred in this country. The following nations have "imported" individuals ill with the disease, with no reported cases of local transmission: Germany France Spain UK United States So - for the "West African" outbreak, there has been no report of expansion of locally-transmittable cases to a new country since July 2014. This is not a trivial disease, and the situation bears watching - but the problem has thus far been confined to areas with very poor standards of medical care. It certainly would be no fun to be in Guinea, Liberia, or Sierra Leone right about now. Since 1976, there have previously been 17 outbreaks of Ebola that killed people (not counting laboratory accidents with "captive" infectious agent) - and they all faded away. Cheers! SS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 If I'm ever caught up in an Ebola lockdown, I pray that it will be in Lolita's Bangkok... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Media sources report more than 130 newly identified cases of Ebola with up to 40 more suspected cases following the 3 day shut-down. Health workers also indentified at least 70 dead bodies during the national door-to-door outreach campaign. https://www.internat...language_id=ENG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Look, the husband of the ebola victim never caught the disease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Patient being tested for Ebola in Perth hospital A patient is being tested for the deadly Ebola virus in Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. "The hospital can confirm it has one patient who is currently being tested for Ebola and appropriate precautions are being taken until the patient's illness is diagnosed," a hospital spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said the patient's symptoms were consistent with the disease. She said no further details would be provided about the patient for reasons of confidentiality. It is the second suspected case of the disease in WA but the previous case proved negative. The spokeswoman said: "At present, the risk of someone with Ebola travelling to Australia is very low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Probably an independent outbreak of the sloth-transmitted "Aussie" strand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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