Warning Ebola outbreaks can spread to East Asia

The World Health Organization (WHO) official said that with many busy trade and tourism centers and migrant labor forces, East Asia is now facing the risk of Ebola infection. However, this area is strengthening prevention and coping measures than other areas if there are diagnosed cases.

Speaking at a press conference in the Philippines Manila, on October 10, WHO's Western Pacific Regional Director Shin Young-soo said East Asia is a " hotspot" for emerging diseases. over the past time and had to deal with SARS and bird flu. Therefore, the area is more prepared than other areas to respond to the disease due to experience and knows the importance of equipping the public with diseases, as well as monitoring. Tight and transparent.

A patient suspected of being infected with Ebola was transferred to a hospital in Dallas on 8 October.(Photo: AFP / VNA)

According to him, with global trade and tourism centers such as Singapore and Hong Kong and the many Filipino workers working around the world will make Ebola virus capable of spreading to East Asia. However, this area is still in better condition than other areas.

Member countries in the region are preparing solid infrastructure to deal with the Ebola epidemic and each country has an emergency operating center connected to the regional office in Manila and the WHO headquarters in Geneva.

Mr. Shin also said that the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in southern China in 2002 made about 8,000 people infected worldwide, of which nearly 800 died.

Meanwhile, the current outbreak of Ebola has killed more than 4,000 people, most of them in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

According to the report of the World Health Organization, as of October 8, the number of people infected with Ebola virus has increased to 8,399 people in 7 countries; of which 4,033 people died from the virus.

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