{"id":36373,"date":"2014-08-01T14:37:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T14:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=36373"},"modified":"2014-08-01T14:37:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T14:37:38","slug":"ebola-spreading-too-fast-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=36373","title":{"rendered":"Ebola spreading too fast &#8211; WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\">The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is spreading faster than efforts to control it, World Health Organization (WHO) head Margaret Chan has said.<\/p>\n<p>She told a summit of regional leaders that failure to contain it could be &#8220;catastrophic&#8221; in terms of lives lost.<\/p>\n<p>But she said the virus, which has claimed 729 lives in four West African countries since February, could be stopped if well managed.<\/p>\n<p>Ebola kills up to 90% of those infected.<\/p>\n<p>It spreads by contact with infected blood, bodily fluids, organs &#8211; or contaminated environments.<\/p>\n<p>Initial flu-like symptoms can lead to external haemorrhaging from areas like eyes and gums, and internal bleeding which can lead to organ failure.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Chan was meeting the leaders of the worst-affected countries &#8211; Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone &#8211; to launch a new $100m (\u00a359m; 75m euro) Ebola response plan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ebola since 1976<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Graphic showing Ebola virus outbreaks since 1976\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/76659000\/gif\/_76659369_ebola_deaths_624_latest.gif\" width=\"624\" height=\"382\" \/><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A map showing Ebola outbreaks since 1976\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/76659000\/gif\/_76659370_ebola_deaths_624_latest.gif\" width=\"624\" height=\"483\" \/><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"line\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/74982000\/jpg\/_74982323_line976.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"2\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This meeting must mark a turning point in the outbreak response,&#8221; Dr Chan said at the summit in Guinea&#8217;s capital, Conakry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cases are occurring in rural areas which are difficult to access, but also in densely populated capital cities,&#8221; she said, explaining that the outbreak was the world&#8217;s deadliest and largest in terms of geographical areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ebola virus disease (EVD)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Coloured transmission electron micro graph of a single Ebola virus, the cause of Ebola fever\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/76476000\/jpg\/_76476153_76475767.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Symptoms include high fever, bleeding and central nervous system damage<\/li>\n<li>Fatality rate can reach 90%<\/li>\n<li>Incubation period is two to 21 days<\/li>\n<li>There is no vaccine or cure<\/li>\n<li>Supportive care such as rehydrating patients who have diarrhoea and vomiting can help recovery<\/li>\n<li>Fruit bats are considered to be virus&#8217; natural host<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is spreading faster than efforts to control it, World Health Organization (WHO) head Margaret Chan has said. She told a summit of regional leaders that failure to contain it could be &#8220;catastrophic&#8221; in terms of lives lost. 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