Will Ebola outbreak explode in 2 months?

According to WHO, only about 60 days left to control the Ebola outbreak, the disease has claimed nearly 5,000 lives.

Ebola virus lives naturally on animals, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. The first two outbreaks were recorded in 1976. The culprit is one of five strains of Ebola virus, the other four often cause deadly dengue fever. Previously, the Ebola virus was also known as the Zaire virus, named after the Democratic Republic of Congo today.

There are currently two outbreaks in Africa. One is in West Africa - the source of the infection is to the US and European countries. The rest is in the Congo region.

Still no cure

Ebola is highly fatal and has very horrifying symptoms. However, in history, the disease "comes and goes" very quickly. Therefore, infectious disease research institutes are less likely to invest resources in finding ways to treat Ebola. Only biological weapons experts focus on serious research on Ebola.

Health workers how to handle the victims of Ebola infection - (Source Josephus Olu- Mammah - Reuters)

As a result, when Ebola suddenly becomes "killer" when killing over 4,000 people in a short time, the world is really startled because there is no cure for this evil and dangerous disease.

Few experimental vaccines are still being studied, including three projects developed in Russia. However, it is far from the new vaccines that were born and in the meantime, Ebola still wears raging.

Countries that are too poor to be helpless

Countries in the current epidemic region are all in poor countries with a system of primitive health care and backward hygiene practices. Therefore, most of the countries are not able to extinguish this disease.

While Western countries may be fully equipped with infection prevention equipment, or the ability to create quarantine zones for patients, are backward poverty countries like Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have both resources and experience to carry out the above measures.

Although the international community is trying to support, the effectiveness is still limited. Furthermore, WHO funds have been cut recently, making it difficult to support these areas.

The West is still "indifferent".

Many experts believe that Ebola can spread to developed countries by many ways (aviation, tourists .), but at a low rate.

Because people with Ebola can only spread the disease to others after 4 to 21 days. This means that people can isolate people who come into contact with Ebola patients, and conduct tests before they infect others.

However, that is only theory. In fact in the United States and Spain, health workers, despite their equipment and knowledge of Ebola, are still infected.

Many criticisms toward Western governments, questioning the authorities were too subjective and indifferent in the prevention and treatment.

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