THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION BRANCH INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRYING TO DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM EBOLA (PANDEMIC PREDICTION!)

To reduce the risk of acquiring Ebola virus, international health authorities, primarily the World Health Organization (who), to wash hands and disinfect with gel or hydro-alcoholic solutions. All relatively simple measures but that must be respected strictly.
Surveillance for any symptoms of the disease in one case suspect is of great importance. A person is not infected until symptoms have manifested. The duration of the incubation period ranges from 2 to 21 days. Ebola symptoms can include fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, fatigue, diarrhea, vomiting, loss of appetite and in some cases bleeding.
The virus is not transmitted by air as for influenza or rubella, but by direct contact with body fluids of sick or medical supplies (syringes and needles) or objects (laundry, clothes ...) contaminated. Can still take place, with a lower risk through infected surfaces, which should clean and disinfect according to the appropriate procedures. Blood, feces and vomit are the most contaminated fluids, according to the who. The virus has also been detected in breast milk, urine and semen of patients. Even saliva carries a risk, but extremely limited. The virus has not been isolated in sweat, detects the organization.
It is "very unlikely" that the virus is transmitted among passengers on a plane or a train because you need a direct contact with bodily secretions, argues Dr. Stephan Monroe, Deputy Director of the National Center of urgent infectious diseases at the Cdc. Most people who become infected live with sick or belong to the medical staff that treated them, he stressed.
In the current epidemic that struck in a manner unprecedented in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, the infection is fatal in about one case in two. Surviving patients can still be contagious: the virus can remain in the semen at least 70 days and, according to one study, more than 90 days, finds the who. The virus can also be transmitted by contact with the bodies of the victims of the infection during funeral rites. People who live in the areas where the Ebola virus is endemic and that suspicious symptoms should be quarantined, point out the Cdc on their site.
Treating staff must protect themselves by wearing sanitary masks, goggles and gloves and regularly wash your hands before and after contact with fever patients. Initially, the Ebola virus has infected humans through contact with the blood, organs or bodily fluids of infected animals.
In Spain about 20 health care professionals of the hospital Carlos III of Madrid protested after the case of nurse infected by Ebola. Members of unions of nurses reported that the Spanish authorities did not give them enough training and the most modern security equipment. And if this happens in Spain, you can easily imagine what's happening in Africa.