World Health Organization (WHO) and the South Sudan
National Ministry of Health today did unveil a joint campaign for the
Vaccination of the Ebola Virus which is now Viral in Yei River State, they also
did the vaccination on the staff working tirelessly on the ground to combat the
Ebola plague that is very pandemic.
One of the officials from World Health Organization
(WHO), Dr Costa Alejandro emphasized that the campaign is very vital since the
vaccine has not yet been tasted elsewhere and the vaccination is on the basis
of experimental.
Dr. Alejandro Costa further said that the vaccine drug
had also been experimented in the various parts of the West African countries and
also Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and that they hope it will also be
successful here in Yei River State South Sudan.
The State Minister of Health in Yei River State said
that the State has also created sections of Isolation wards in the various
Counties in the state. Mr. Mannasse Levi mad that remarks when he was responded
to a call from Radio Esther.
Facts
About Ebola: The Ebola Virus has claimed thousands of
lives making it the second deadliest disease in the world apart from HIV/AIDs
virus. The ebola Virus is not waterborne nor airborne disease so it can’t
transmitted through air nor water
The Virus can also be transmitted to others through
direct contact or through blood or the secretions of fluids from the infected
persons. It can also be transmitted through a close contacted with the person
who is infected too.
The people of Yei River State are told to be careful
and resport any suspected case of the ebola virus to the relevant authority. In
case of a suspect case people should be in contact with the infected since that
is the way it is transmitted.
More to follow shortly…….
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