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Rumours says Ebola has been discovered in Lagos...Hmmmm

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flukky01:
So i got this BBM broadcast that Ebola has been discovered here in Lagos so i say, is this the dawn of the big EBOLA in Nigeria.....how true, we dont know yet but here is the history of EBOLA is West Africa so far?

NOTE: Just like AIDS, There is no vaccine or specific cure for the disease

The Ebola virus  epidemic is turning into a disaster for West Africa. In this latest outbreak, the virus was first discovered in this part of the continent at the end 2013. It was first spotted in Guinea and has in the meantime also been found in Sierra Leone and Liberia as well. "The epidemic is out of control," said Bart Janssens, director of operations for the medical charity Doctors Without Borders. "With the large number of suspected cases, there is a real danger that the epidemic could spread to other areas as well"

In Liberia, the Ebola virus has recently spread to four additional districts, raising the total number of affected regions to seven out of the country's 15, said Torbert Nyenswah from the ministry of health in the capital Monrovia.

At least 105 people have died of Ebola in Liberia since March and the death toll for the whole of West Africa in mid-July stood at 603. It continues to climb.

In 1976, in what was then Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), an Ebola epidemic claimed 208 lives. This was when the Ebola virus was first discovered and given its name. Since then Central Africa has experienced smaller outbreaks of the deadly disease. But this current outbreak, which has crossed three national borders, is posing quite a different, more serious challenge to health workers.

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