EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE

 

When living in or traveling to a region where Ebola virus is present, there are a number of ways to protect yourself and prevent the spread of EVD

• Contact with blood and body fluids (such as urine, feces, saliva, sweat, vomit, breast milk, semen, and vaginal fluids) of persons who are ill.

• Contact with semen from a man who has recovered from EVD, until testing verifies the virus is gone from the semen.

• Items that may have come in contact with an infected person’s blood or body fluids (such as clothes, bedding, needles, and medical equipment).

• Funeral or burial rituals that require handling the body of someone who died from EVD.

• Contact with bats and nonhuman primates’ blood, fluids, or raw meat prepared from these animals (bushmeat).

• Contact with the raw meat of an unknown source.

These same prevention methods apply when living in or traveling to an area affected by an Ebola outbreak. After returning from an area affected by Ebola, monitor your health for 21 days and seek medical care immediately if you develop symptoms of EVD.

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“We know what to do when there is an Ebola outbreak. This is the 10th outbreak in the Congo,” says Dr Norbert SOKO. “However, this time is different. We are in an uncharted territory.”