What you ned to know about EBOLA VIRUS

ATTENTION! Things You Need To Know About
The Deadly Ebola Virus To Stay Safe
Did you hear that the dreaded EBOLA Virus has
entered Lagos?
Things you need to know about Ebola Virus to
stay SAFE…
1. It is a Central African disease that has traveled
over countries in a living host to West Africa. It is
easily spread by physical contact and eating
contaminated bush meat. Major hosts are in 5
species of Bats but monkeys and apes are easily
infected and killed.
2. It kills in a week, leaving no time to treat an
individual.
3. It has no known vaccine or cure
4. Known cases have been experienced recently in
Guniea, Liberia and Central Africa Rep, spreading
eastwards and westwards towards Nigeria. Death toll
so far in West Africa is over 100.
5. The Ebola outbreak of 2014 is the most
challenging one witnessed in Africa.
What we can do?
1. Avoid eating any bush meat for now! Especially
Apes and Bats.
2. Wash your hands as regularly as possible,
especially after shaking a stranger. It is spread by
contact.
3.The most straightforward prevention method
during Ebola outbreaks is not touching patients, their
excretions, and body fluids, or possibly contaminated
materials and utensils. Patients should be isolated,
and medical staff should be trained and apply strict
barrier nursing techniques (disposable face mask,
gloves, goggles, and a gown at all times).
Traditional burial rituals, especially those requiring
embalming of bodies, should be discouraged or
modified.
Awareness is key, don’t just read or ignore…r