Ammon – Doctors in the UK are on “high alert” to deal with the deadly Ebola virus, after a resurgence of its outbreak in Uganda, and symptoms appearing on a person who has recently returned from a trip.
concern in Britain
The patient is being tested in the UK for a range of diseases, including Ebola, and results are expected in the coming days.
The British newspaper ‘The Sun’ had revealed that an area of Colchester Hospital in Essex was closed overnight this week so that staff could deal with an “infection control problem”.
The newspaper reported that the patient raised concerns after displaying viral symptoms and revealing his recent travel history.
UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) officials said it was “routine” to test patients returning from travel for a variety of infectious diseases.
Last month, doctors in the UK were told to be on ‘high alert’ after the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, which is trying to fight its spread, has claimed 141 cases and 55 deaths since 20 September.
There have been several outbreaks of Ebola in Uganda, including one in 2000, which killed more than 200 people.
The current Ebola outbreak in central Uganda has a fatality rate of 69%.
Ebola symptoms
Guidelines from the National Health Service in Great Britain state that a person with the disease includes symptoms that appear on him:
high temperature.
Headache.
Joint and muscle pains.
Sore throat.
severe muscle weakness
These symptoms begin suddenly, 2 to 21 days after infection.
Other symptoms may follow, including diarrhea, malaise, rash, stomach pain, and decreased kidney function.
How does the virus spread?
Ebola is spread through contact with the blood, body fluids, or organs of an infected person or animal.
You can become infected by touching the body of someone who has symptoms or who has recently died of the disease.
The infection is also transmitted by cleaning bodily fluids or by touching the dirty clothes of an infected person.
The virus can live for several days outside the body.
Having sex with an infected person without using protection is one way the infection spreads.
Handling or eating raw and undercooked animal meat can also lead to the spread of the virus.
Interestingly, there is no cure for Ebola, and if a person is infected with it, they must immediately quarantine.
