WHO announces the global emergency of Ebola

The World Health Organization (WHO) has just announced a state of emergency for the Ebola virus epidemic, requiring the international community to have a coordinated response to prevent the disease from spreading.

WHO says that if the Ebola epidemic spreads to the world, the consequences are "particularly serious" due to the danger of the disease.

"An international coordinated response is necessary to prevent and repel the spread of Ebola virus," Reuters quoted a notice from WHO after a two-day emergency closed session in Geneva.

General Director of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan (left) and health security aide Keijj Fukuda responded to the press conference after a two-day caucus meeting.(Photo: Reuters)

Keiji Fukuda, assistant director-general of WHO, stressed by the right measures and appropriate treatment for infected people, the spread of Ebola can be prevented.

AFP quoted WHO Director-General Margaret Chan as saying that the Ebola epidemic is currently the worst in the past four decades. Ms. Chan called on the international community to support West African nations in dealing with this deadly disease.

According to the AP, the Ebola outbreak is still the longest in history. The WHO made a similar decision for bird flu in 2009 and polio disease in May. WHO said since March there have been more than 1,700 cases of Ebola and at least 932 deaths in countries West Africa like Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has raised the response to Ebola to the highest level and recommends not moving to West African countries. CDC director Tom Frieden, during a hearing in the US parliament on August 7, said the current Ebola epidemic could affect more people than all previous outbreaks combined.

In the situation of widespread Ebola epidemic, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam also issued a plan to deal with Ebola virus disease with three possible scenarios, including the absence of a case, when the case appeared. intrusion and when epidemics spread in the community. The Ministry of Health also asked border gates to closely supervise immigrants before the Ebola epidemic happened abnormally.

Volunteers moved the body of an Ebola patient in Kailahun town, Sierra Leone, on July 18.(Photo: Reuters)

First discovered in 1976 and named after a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ebola virus has claimed about two-thirds of those infected, including two outbreaks with mortality. up to 90%.

People infected with Ebola virus have an incubation period of two to 21 days, then there are symptoms such as sudden high fever, weakness, stress, muscle aches, headache, sore throat. Next, patients with vomiting, diarrhea, rash, impaired liver and kidney function, can cause internal and external bleeding. There is currently no vaccine or treatment for this disease.