The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international importance. The outbreak in Ituri province in eastern DRC, where some 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths have been reported, does not meet the criteria for a pandemic emergency, the agency said.
\nHowever, he warned that this could be a \u201cmuch larger outbreak\u201d than those currently detected and reported, and that the risk of local and regional spread is significant.
\nThis announcement has raised concerns about a new pandemic in Turkey and the world!<\/p>\n
* What is causing this outbreak? Ebola is a disease caused by a virus; it is rare, but severe and often fatal. There are three strains of Ebola virus that cause outbreaks and this strain is known as Bundibugyo.
\n* How is Ebola transmitted? It spreads between people through infected body fluids such as blood and vomit.
\n* Ne kadar \u00f6l\u00fcmc\u00fcl? Bundibugyo Ebola vir\u00fcs\u00fcn\u00fcn \u00f6nceki salg\u0131nlar\u0131nda insanlar\u0131n yakla\u015f\u0131k %30’u hayat\u0131n\u0131 kaybetti.
\n* What is the incubation period? Symptoms appear between two and 21 days after infection.
\n* What are the symptoms? The first symptoms appear suddenly and are flu-like symptoms such as fever, headache and fatigue. As the disease progresses, vomiting and diarrhea develop and body organs do not work as well as before. Some patients may experience internal and external bleeding.
\n* Where does Ebola come from? Outbreaks start when someone gets the Ebola virus from infected animals, such as fruit bats.
\n* Is there a vaccine? There are vaccines for Zaire-type Ebola, but not for Bundibugyo.<\/p>\n
According to the health agency, the current strain of Ebola is caused by the Bundibugyo virus and there are no approved drugs or vaccines against it.
\nWHO reported eight laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus, as well as suspected cases and deaths in three health districts, including Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, and the gold mining towns of Mongwalu and Rwampara.<\/p>\n
The WHO said the ongoing security situation and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, high population mobility, the urban location of the outbreak hotspot and the large number of unregistered health facilities in the region increased the risk of spread.<\/p>\n
Countries neighboring the Democratic Republic of Congo are considered high-risk countries for trade and travel.
\nRwanda has announced that it will tighten security checks on its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo \u201cas a precautionary measure\u201d.
\nThe Ministry of Health said surveillance systems have been strengthened and medical teams are on alert to \u201cprovide early detection and rapid intervention where necessary\u201d.
\nIn our country, the risk of epidemic in the community is influenza, COVID, etc. diseases transmitted from person to person through respiratory tract.<\/p>\n
Although there is no Ebola case or epidemic risk for our country because it spreads between people through infected body fluids such as blood and vomit, we should not forget that viruses and epidemics are now in our lives. Just like the risk of earthquakes, we should not forget to live with such epidemics and personal hygiene, just as we have learned to live with earthquakes.<\/p>\n
Prof. Dr. \u015eevket \u00d6zkaya<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" D\u00fcnya Sa\u011fl\u0131k \u00d6rg\u00fct\u00fc (DS\u00d6), Demokratik Kongo Cumhuriyeti’ndeki Ebola salg\u0131n\u0131n\u0131 uluslararas\u0131 \u00f6neme sahip bir halk sa\u011fl\u0131\u011f\u0131 acil durumu olarak ilan etti.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":286008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[289],"class_list":{"0":"post-286007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-yasam","8":"tag-manset"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286009,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286007\/revisions\/286009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}