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Friday 8 August 2014

WHO declares Ebola an International Health Emergency

The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola Epidemic an International Health Emergency, stating that "a coordinated international response is deemed essential to stop and reverse the international spread of Ebola" which has killed almost a 1000 people in four west African countries.
 
At an emergency meeting today August 8th, the Geneva based UN health agency said the declaration of an international emergency will help in raising the level of vigilance for transmission of the virus.
 
WHO advised countries identified to have been infested by the deadly Ebola virus - Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Lieone and Liberia - to declare a state of emergency and that there should be no general ban on international travel or trade on these countries. Continue...

Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's head of health security in a telephone interview with reporters stressed that Ebola is not a mysterious disease and that with the right steps and measures to deal with infected people, Ebola's spread could be stopped.
"This is not a mysterious disease. This is an infectious disease that can be contained. t is not a virus that is spread through the air." he said
The WHO says this current outbreak is the most severe in the almost 40 years since Ebola was first identified in humans majorly due to the weaknesses in health facilities of the countries currently affected. It also said inexperience in dealing with Ebola outbreaks and misconceptions of the disease, including how it is transmitted, "continue to be a major challenge in some countries".

51 comments:

  1. Any development is welcomed... Let's just be very vigilant. SIMPLE! 1 thes 5:21. BishopDammy#

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    1. O thou bishop dammy, do you refresh LIB every five minutes? Must u always comment on all posts? Apparently, u are a jobless bishop. You are beginning to overstay ur welcome in this comment section......... Biko, Find another blog go.

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    2. Lol...I've been wondering o

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    4. I actually enjoy his comments!...Daily verses and words of upliftment. Keep it up dude!

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  2. The anticipation of death is worse than death itself. People need to be guided on the propaganda going on about Ebola..!!

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    1. Serious propaganda o! LIB readers! Did u know that parick sawyer escaped quarantine and boarded a flight to nigeria? Shows how loose nigerian security and immigration is. God save us and let's be cautious not everything is spiritual!

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  3. WHO! You people should do something fast to save lives o! May GOD help us. #######OTUoCHA

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  4. Attention! Attention!! Attention!!! Please As D Mumu's Busy Dey Burn Thier Skins With D Hot Water And Salt, Please Also Help Me Remind Them That They Should Chop Raw Yam,2 Onions And 2 Cameroun Pepe After Bathing,Then Drink Half Glass Of Dettol After Like 2mins. It Kills Any Virus In Less Than 5mins.... If you don't tak care of yourself; who will....Na wa ooo... Naija tinz no dey finish....watch out 4 ebola dance ...

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  5. Thank God. God will surely save us. Thatenuguchick

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  6. YES I SUPPORT(WHO)EMERGENCY STREATH FORWARD, BEFORE IT BECOME UNCONTROLABLE

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  7. God help us all from this infectious disease.

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  8. WHO dnt need to Tell us. everyone on the planet knows dat Ebola is a global threat,so we appreciate the reminder of caution. Irebisibrown@yahoo.com.sg

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  9. of course dey will,its now in America n Europe...

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  10. They shd get a vaccine Asap, that's d only to cub it

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  11. God ur Intervention is all we need...

    queenreigneth@gmail.com

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  12. No comment...end of time, REPENT......JUST PASSING

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  13. of course it is wit all dis false rumors pple re carrying around abt dis ebola mk person no die of panic attack o

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    1. No bi small thing ooo,God ve mercy

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  14. Please, I need a big antiseptic spray for use(head to toe) at regular intervals. Man must try.

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  15. please oo people is ebola an air borne disese,cus i was informed this morning that ebola is in the air that i shud bathe with hot water and salt,and shud also drink warm water and salt before stepping my feet outside. PlS im getting scared really.

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  16. Hmmm panic everywhere! God is in control

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  17. Ntfin is impossible for God, bt wait o who said salt nd water is d cure for ebola. Got message upon message mornin to use it to baf nd drink. Jst tire for dis kin rumor


    MZ G

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  18. Please help ask these question.
    Number1 should we stop going to church since you can contact it by torch?cause the sitting pattern in some churches is 7 in a role
    Number2 should Catholic Churches stop doing peace of The Lord? Cause it involve hand shake
    Number3 should catholic priest stop the administration of communion ?
    Number4 let pastors stop laying hand on people during deliverance .
    Thank you .

    Sent from my iPhone

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  19. It has also emerged that Sawyer looked “terribly ill” and might have known he was infected with the virus before travelling to Nigeria, the Liberian media has reported.


    According to a review of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) images at the James Spriggs Payne’s Airport, Monrovia, by Liberian newspaper, The New Dawn, Sawyer, also a naturalised American, looked terribly ill and deliberately avoided contact with people just before boarding the Asky Airline flight that brought him to Lagos.


    Describing his behaviour as “strange”, the The New Dawn said Sawyer bore a “sad countenance” like he was troubled and sat alone avoiding bodily contact with other passengers who came close to him at the boarding gate of the James Sprigg Payne’s Airport as he awaited his flight to Lagos.


    “His strange behaviour and frequent movement up and down as he eagerly awaited his Asky flight had prompted the security camera operator to focus on him. In the video, Patrick could be seen avoiding physical contact with airport employees and other passengers during the check-in process,” the newspaper wrote.


    Airport video footage, according to the report, also showed Sawyer lying flat on his stomach on the floor in the corridor of the airport and seemed to be in “excruciating pain.”


    The footage showed Sawyer preventing people from touching him. According to the The New Dawn reporter who reviewed the video, he even snubbed an immigration officer who initiated a friendly gesture of a handshake moments before he boarded the airplane.
    FrontPage Africa, another Liberian newspaper, also reported that Sawyer, who was believed to have been infected by his sister, told its reporter shortly before he travelled to Nigeria that he had gone in search of his sister’s husband who ran away after she tested positive to Ebola.


    The paper said Sawyer vomited a few times among his friends in Liberia just before heading to the airport and also on the plane. FrontPage Africa’s publisher, Rodney Sieh, later told online news medium, Premium Times by telephone that his paper’s extensive reporting on the matter showed clearly that Sawyer knew he had contracted the Ebola virus before travelling to Nigeria.


    “He definitely knew he was sick and it was curious that he still decided to travel,” Sieh said. “His sister had died from the virus and he most likely had contact with her.”


    According to FrontPage Africa, after Sawyer became ill on the airplane, he denied to First Consultants’ personnel that he had contact with anyone infected with Ebola despite repeated inquiries after initial tests for Malaria and HIV were negative.
    The newspaper said Sawyer however flew into a rage and behaved in a disruptive manner at First Consultants after he was told he had tested positive for Ebola.

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    1. Its nt good to speak ill bout d dead..buh if dis gist is true..hpe he's at peace knwing he's caused d death f a nurse n infectn f medical personnels tkin cre f him

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  20. If not for that infected Liberian that came and died in our country, Nigeria won't be mentioned and our people will be safe.

    Kimmy*****

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  21. Jesus save us

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  22. We are in God's hands. Children of God hold on to ur faith in Jesus. No weapon fashioned agaisnt us shall prosper be it Ebola or whatever.

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  23. God is with us,is word says the righteous run into him n dey re saved. My fellow Nigerian we re all saved by his grace.

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  24. I blf dis disastrous disease called Ebola, ll end 1day; It's just a matter of time.
    ...Bianca T...

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  25. May thunder fire dat patrick sawyer, he is d cause of all dis panic in Nigeria, can u imagine Nigeria is been counted as one of d countries dat has EBOLA outbreak, I give dis EBOLA of a tin 2 weeks to leave dis country nd it will all be history cos I dnt see any reason y it shld be here.... Stardiva

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  26. that's ok
    everybody should be aware of the disease




    BORN TO SHINE!!!!

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  27. By next year dis ebola dis n ebola dat will be so cool but as for it is still hot but thanks to WHO for dis msg

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  28. We ned solutn to stop Ebola. LIB Princess! Pretex4luv@yahoo.com

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  29. Oluwa gbawa lowo Ebola ooo... the thing is getting more disturbing day after day.

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  30. Nice blog about emergency health. You can also visit on greenhealth.org

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  31. It is very strange how the American Patrick Sawyer guy went against all odds to get on the plane to Nigeria even after his sister had just died from Ebola, not to mention he was already sick and showing symptoms.

    Furthermore, I've read reports from Liberian dailies about how they have watched CCTV footage of the guy been sick and acting strangely at the Monrovian airport right before boarding the plane to Lagos.

    There is definitely a conspiracy here to make this disease spread as quickly and widely as possible. What is playing out here has been in planning for several years and the people who planned it are set to make billions from it.

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  32. That is a Nice step at the right direction.
    The saltish hot water news on Ebola is just a rumor. All you need to know about Ebola. mudility.blogspot.com/2014/08/ebola-scare.html?m=1 funny

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  33. It is well
    Gracenot2001@yahoo.com

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  34. Africans wit dis mentality. If anything happen we will seeking God attention. And God won't come down to help us, we wil be d one to find solution to our problems. Every little thing we will start praying, prayer without acting on it. Even bible says Heaven help those who help themselves.

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  35. Its high time...

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