..."Unfortunately the numbers are going up. We don't see any signs of it being under control. We know we're in for a hard fight," says Daigle. "Whether we're in the peak or the downside, I don't think our experts know. But we know it's not contained."
The virus could lead to a serious crisis if it spreads worldwide. With Angola's health system in ruins, destroyed by 27 years of civil war, the trucks searching for the sick are the front line in this deadly epidemic.
But a public health campaign promoting public hygience has had some success. Crowds clamour for government handouts of disenfectant. It's one way to slow the spread of the disease.
The bodies of the dead are potential viral bombs, says Dr. William Pereira of the UN World Health Organization. "This is an extremely contagious virus. And contact with secretions, the body's fluids, may be very dangerous."...
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Thanks for always finding good articles, and putting them here for us to read.
Crowds clamoring for disinfectant...Lord have mercy...
The virus could lead to a serious crisis if it spreads worldwide.
DOH!
I was never scared by the cold war like I am by this.