Monday 13 October 2014

Ebola reached Macedonia



On October 10th 2014, Ebola reached Macedonia. According to local media a British citizen with symptoms similar to those of Ebola died in a hospital in Skopje. The man presented signs of hemorrhagic fever, but only thorough analyzes - which are made at a clinic in Germany - will clarify whether the disease was caused by the terrible virus that took nearly 3,900 lives in Africa

Macedonian authorities have quarantined the hotel in Skopje, where the British citizen was staying since his arrival on October 2. None of the hotel’s employees are allowed to leave the building until the test results come from Germany. Thursday afternoon, a British citizen age 58, who was in Macedonia on business was taken to the hospital in critical condition and died a few hours later. The man accused acute abdominal pain and refused to eat, hotel employees declared. His colleague is currently in hospital with symptoms of hemorrhagic fever. According to Sky News and BBC, quoting government sources, the two people did not travel to Africa. The victim and his colleague arrived in Macedonia, directly from UK.

Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in United States declared that the new Ebola outbreak in West Africa resemblance AIDS's commence. “For 30 years now I've worked in public health and the only thing comparable to Ebola is AIDS. We need to make sure that Ebola epidemic will not become "the next AIDS ". Therefore international response is needed quickly, the American official said, quoted by the Washington post.

What is your opinion on the matter? Is Ebola the next global threat?

Update October 13, 2014:

According to Daily Mail, the British man suspected of being infested with Ebola died after massive drinking binge. Officials have confirmed that he had not contracted the infection.
You can read more on the subject here:  
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2789262/british-ebola-victim-macedonia-did-not-disease-died-massive-drinking-binge-health-officials-say.html#ixzz3G9gRkuIm


Much ado about nothing!Or is this just a cover-up to calm us!?

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