Ebola virus could spread to Europe, experts say
The deadly Ebola virus, which has been raging through Uganda, could spread to Europe since it recently spread to the country’s capital of Kampala.
Friday, 03.08.2012.
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KAMPALA, ZAGREB The deadly Ebola virus, which has been raging through Uganda, could spread to Europe since it recently spread to the country’s capital of Kampala. Flights connect Kampala with numerous European cities. Ebola virus could spread to Europe, experts say Experts warn that it will be enough if only one infected person gets on a plane to Paris or Vienna, Zagreb-based daily Vecernji list writes. Ebola breaks out in Uganda occasionally and the source is infected monkey meat. Outbreaks have never spread outside villages because the entire population would die, in most cases in the first 24 hours, before anyone could reach a bigger town. However, the situation is somewhat different in a village where the last epidemic broke out ten days ago. One of the villagers managed to reach a hospital in Kampala where he died soon after. Panic gripped the city immediately after citizens had learnt about his death. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said that the country is facing a crisis. “Ebola broke out again and one of the infected men came to Kampala and the infection threatens everyone. Doctors who were in contact with him have already become sick and people who burnt his body after he died,” he noted. A large-scale epidemic is possible even though Uganda has closed all schools and public institutions in Kampala. There is no known cure for the virus. “Kampala is a large city, with airline connections with the entire world. It will be enough if only one infected patient, who picked up the virus only hours before, gets on a plane to Paris or Vienna and go through that airport in order for the disease to start spreading uncontrollably across the world,” infectious disease expert James Borcher says. He added that this was a highly contagious disease which is transmitted by physical contact such as a handshake or accidental touch. Chances of survival are practically nonexistent. The symptoms develop quickly and victims usually die 24 hours after the virus entered their system. According to Borcher, it is only a matter of time when the first Ebola case will be registered in the U.S. and Europe. (Beta/AP) Vecernji list
Ebola virus could spread to Europe, experts say
Experts warn that it will be enough if only one infected person gets on a plane to Paris or Vienna, Zagreb-based daily Večernji list writes.Ebola breaks out in Uganda occasionally and the source is infected monkey meat. Outbreaks have never spread outside villages because the entire population would die, in most cases in the first 24 hours, before anyone could reach a bigger town.
However, the situation is somewhat different in a village where the last epidemic broke out ten days ago.
One of the villagers managed to reach a hospital in Kampala where he died soon after. Panic gripped the city immediately after citizens had learnt about his death.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said that the country is facing a crisis.
“Ebola broke out again and one of the infected men came to Kampala and the infection threatens everyone. Doctors who were in contact with him have already become sick and people who burnt his body after he died,” he noted.
A large-scale epidemic is possible even though Uganda has closed all schools and public institutions in Kampala. There is no known cure for the virus.
“Kampala is a large city, with airline connections with the entire world. It will be enough if only one infected patient, who picked up the virus only hours before, gets on a plane to Paris or Vienna and go through that airport in order for the disease to start spreading uncontrollably across the world,” infectious disease expert James Borcher says.
He added that this was a highly contagious disease which is transmitted by physical contact such as a handshake or accidental touch. Chances of survival are practically nonexistent. The symptoms develop quickly and victims usually die 24 hours after the virus entered their system.
According to Borcher, it is only a matter of time when the first Ebola case will be registered in the U.S. and Europe.
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