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Monday 8 December 2014

Fighting the Ebola Virus #SciSparksAdvent Day 8

Finally we seem to be getting the Ebola Virus under control, as the number of deaths increases the need for a vaccine has become desperate. Trials have been launched in Sierra Leone and Liberia where they hope thousands of doses will be ready by mid 2015.

The disease can only be transferred if you come into contact with someone's bodily fluids, here's what the WHO has to say about how to protect yourself:

" To protect yourself, your family, and your community from EVD transmission, immediately report to the nearest health facility if you develop symptoms indicative of EVD, including high fever, body aches, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, or haemorrhaging. Isolation and professional clinical treatment increase a person’s chance of survivalTo protect yourself, your family, and your community from EVD transmission, immediately report to the nearest health facility if you develop symptoms indicative of EVD, including high fever, body aches, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, or haemorrhaging. Isolation and professional clinical treatment increase a person’s chance of survival"







The Microscopic Ebola Virus



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