Alert On Ebola: Physical Symptoms And Psychological Effects-What You Need To Know. (Part 1 )

(Photo)Liberian health workers wearing protective clothing carry the body of a woman who died of the Ebola virus away from an isolation unit in Foya, Lofa County for burial

 U.S. citizen Patrick Sawyer became the first victim to die of the deadly Ebola virus on Friday the 25th of July, 2014 in the Nigerian capital of Lagos, having travelled there by plane after attending his sister's funeral in Liberia, after she too died of the disease

Health experts now fear infected air passengers who do not realise they have the virus may spread it around the world because Patrick came in contact with 59 other persons.

Apparently,there was nothing unusual-looking about the Patrick Sawyer on arriving at Heathrow from Lagos.

Yet he was carrying one of the most deadly diseases known to mankind, but it was not oticed by the Nigerian airport officials before departure, nor by attendants on the flight, despite their special training to watch out for feverish passengers.

Health experts say the incubation period of the virus is between two and 21 days, and so the immigration officials did not suspect anything about him and he was allowed into Nigeria.

The current outbreak, which has so far claimed 672 lives, started in a village in Guinea, spreading to Liberia and Sierra Leone. On Friday, a U.S. citizen Patrick Sawyer became the first victim to die in Nigeria, having flown to the capital Lagos after attending his sister's funeral in Liberia, after she succumbed to the disease
Reports indicates that the current outbreak rampaging through West Africa,began in a small village in Guinea and since February it has claimed 672 lives,leaving another 1,200 people infected including Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol who became infected while working for charity in liberia.



Health workers, family members or others in close contact with infected people mourners with direct contact with the bodies of deceased victims, hunters in contact with dead animals are all at risk.




The latest outbreak is the worst since the disease was first discovered in 1976
Do you know the signs and symptoms of Ebola? How has the outbreak of this highly contagious virus affected victims, their families,communities and the rest of the world?

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Source: UNICEF,THE UN.




























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