USA sent soldiers; Cuba sent doctors. _____
Morning Star.png Liberia Is Ebola-Free Epidemic Has Ended The World Health Organisation hailed an end to the West African Ebola epidemic yesterday as Liberia was declared free of the disease. Liberia, which along with Sierra Leone and Guinea was at the centre of the 2014 outbreak, was first declared free of the disease last May, but new cases emerged twice - setting the 42-day all-clear period back to zero. The epidemic dwarfed all previous outbreaks of the haemorrhagic fever, killing some 11,300 people and leaving many of the 17,000 survivors with lingering symptoms. "While this is an important milestone and a very important step forward, we have to say that the job is still not done," said WHO director of emergency risk assessment and humanitarian response Rick Brennan. "There is still ongoing risk of re-emergence of the disease because of persistence of the virus in a proportion of survivors." Ebola virus is highly contagious, being transferred through all bodily fluids - even sweat on an infected person's skin. It has an extremely high mortality rate, around 40 per cent. Both these factors make containing and treating the disease difficult and hazardous. The WHO reported that 10 per cent of the victims were healthcare workers. Mr Brennan acknowledged that the slow international response to the outbreak had contributed to the death toll. While the US sent soldiers to the region, Cuba sent hundreds of doctors and nurses, continuing its proud tradition of medical co-operation and solidarity with other developing nations. From: <http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-5b55-WHO-Liberia-is-Ebola-free-and-epi demic-has-ended#.VphqKPl9600> http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-5b55-WHO-Liberia-is-Ebola-free-and-epid emic-has-ended#.VphqKPl9600 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
