The world is threatened by a deadly new epidemic fever Bashny.Net

The Ministry of health of the Republic of Guinea issued an official statement that the country has an outbreak of a deadly and extremely dangerous disease of Ebola. Agence France-Presse reports that it has killed more than 60 people. However, a deadly countdown is not over, as the action of the Guinean government to control the disease were not successful. Ebola has crossed the borders of the country and even the continent. Today on the first ill said health Canada.



As explained by the representative of the health authorities of Guinea, the first case of fever was recorded on 9 February in the capital, Conakry. Further mass episodes of the disease were noted in the southern parts of the country. Not to release a deadly virus outside of the border areas near Sierra Leone, in the center of the epidemic were directed by a group of doctors. The world organization "Doctors without borders", "UN Children's Fund", the who and others to assist in the fight against the disease.

To the South of the country were sent to dozens of doctors and tons of humanitarian cargo of medicines. However, all efforts proved fruitless. As noted by the doctors themselves, the situation got out of control. At first it was claimed 80 patients, 34 of whom died. A little later came the information about 25 victims. However, since Saturday, the authorities of Guinea did not report specific new digits. Just note that doctors recorded new episodes of the disease.



But sad news came from Canada. In the hospital the canadian town of Saskatoon was hospitalized male with symptoms fully conforming Ebola. According to France-Presse, the patient is placed in an isolation ward with a preliminary diagnosis of "Ebola" and the doctors are waiting for test results. However, no one doubts that the man recently returned from Africa was sick of it a deadly fever. According to doctors, ill patients prohibitively high fever, bleeding from the mouth and difficulty breathing. This hospital has been quarantined.

Ebola is an extremely dangerous disease with a high speed is transmitted from person to person. 90% of Ebola cases are fatal. The Ebola virus is a dangerous parasite, which is an especially destructive force affects the internal organs, blood vessels and tissues of the human body except the bones and muscles of the skeleton.

The virus causes thickening of the blood, causing begin to die the internal organs – kidneys, lungs, liver, brain and skin. Vaccine or therapeutic treatment against the virus yet.The first case was recorded in the Equatorial province of the Sudan almost 40 years ago. In the same 1976 episodes of fever was recorded on the territory of DR Congo. Then Ebola has claimed the lives of over 400 people. It later emerged that the virus can infect not only humans but also pigs and some primates.

Source: zeleneet.com