As reported yesterday, conservative Canadian government, suspended the issuing of visas for residents and citizens of the countries where the “rampant and continuously and significantly moves” Ebola virus. In Canada, there has been no case of infection yet. The government warned that Canadians, including health care workers, who worked in West Africa, will be able to return to the country.
Since the outbreak of the current epidemic of Ebola in March for many people died in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
The fear of Ebola on Monday stopped issuing visas Australia immigration and humanitarian aid for the people of West African countries. Two days later, the decision was criticized head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, according to the closing of the borders will not stop the spread of Ebola.
5000 victims of the virus
According to the latest data WHO in total from March virus has infected more than 13.7 thousand. persons, and died approx. 5 thousand. WTO warns that these figures do not take into account the likely significant number of unknown or unreported cases of Ebola.
Canada gave the WHO 800 vials of vaccine experimental VSV-EboV against Ebola virus. The vaccine enters human clinical trials in the US research facility, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. A study conducted on animals have shown “promising results.”
Ebola is a virus spreading through direct contact with blood or other body fluids of infected humans and animals; no spreads by droplet. The patient infected when there are already signs of the disease in him.
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Canada stops issuing visas to people from West Africa in … – Onet.pl
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