Ministry of Health recommends prevention of Ebola hemorrhagic fever

672 people in 3 countries in West Africa infected with Ebola virus died. Given that fact, the Ministry of Health recommends that people go to these countries.

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Ebola hemorrhagic fever is an acute and severe infectious disease. According to the World Health Organization, the past 8 months have recorded more than 1,200 cases of infection, of which 672 died in 3 countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Before this development, the Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health, recommended a number of measures to prevent and control Ebola epidemic so that people can actively prevent.The virus spreads through contact with blood, other secretions, organs or fluids of infected humans and animals . Currently, the disease has no preventive vaccine.

To prevent disease, people need to perform personal hygiene (washing their hands with soap, antiseptic .); avoid direct contact with infected blood and secretions of infected people and animals; Do not hold / grasp objects that may have been exposed to blood or secretions of previously infected humans or animals.

If there are symptoms of fever, headache, sore throat, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain, rash, red eyes, people need to go immediately to the medical facility to take measures to manage timely.