Deadly flesh-eating Ebola virus has now spread 4 countries
Outbreak of deadly flesh-eating Ebola virus has now spread to three countries and already killed 78
Officials brace for epidemic as isolation zones are set up around Africa
No known cure for deadly and painful Ebola virus
Cases now confirmed in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia
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Ebola is passed onto humans from animals - especially fruit bats - and often breaks out near rainforests in central and western Africa.
According to a WHO fact sheet: Ebola 'is a severe acute viral illness often characterised by the sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat.
'This is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding. Laboratory findings include low white blood cell and platelet counts and elevated liver enzymes.'
The intensely painful illness is highly contagious and can be passed on to humans through contact with the bodies of people killed by the virus.
There is no known cure or vaccine for the five viruses which cause Ebola.
is this for real? poor africa! ive got some family in Morocco. could this virus grow and spread over there too? i know its all the way north and its south of spain so the virus has a long way to spread but can it? omg
And so hard to handle, WHO must be a mess right now with this.
