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The cause of the new outbreak is an infection hidden in the body of a previously ill person.
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Since January, 30 cases of Ebola infection have been recorded on the continent: 18 in Guinea and 12 in DR Congo.
The current Ebola outbreak in Guinea and DR Congo is the result of human-to-human transmission, not animal-to-human transmission. This was at a briefing on Friday, March 12, said the Executive Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Management Mike Ryan.
According to him, the infection persisted among the population of African countries after outbreaks 2013-2016that killed thousands of people. Ryan clarified that now there is no question of breaking the interspecies barrier.
The WHO representative recalled that Ebola is one of the deadliest viruses known to mankind. The infection can be transmitted to humans from bats or monkeys. It can live in parts of the body of infected people who have had a fever, such as the eyes, chest and testicles, and can be transmitted, for example, through sexual contact.
According to the organization’s latest data, 30 cases of Ebola infection were recorded on the continent: 18 in Guinea and 12 in DR Congo. At the same time, 14 people died from fever.
Let’s remind, in the middle of February the government of Guinea announced an epidemic the Ebola virus in the country. At that time, seven infected were identified, three of whom died.
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