Now there is the added danger of the Ebola virus invading our shores with the first case reported in Spain. There are confirmed reports of a nurse who treated two victims of Ebola has tested positive for the disease. The nurse is said to be the first person in the current outbreak known to have contracted Ebola outside Africa. We must also not forget that the flu virus was imported here from Tanzania and that Aids first appeared in the Congo.
It has been said that there is a small but real danger of the virus taking hold here and that the Cabinet’s Cobra committee will be meeting to consider how to tackle the potential danger.
There have been nearly 7,500 confirmed infections worldwide. Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have been hardest hit. Some 3,400 people have died as a result. There are reports saying that burial teams dealing with Ebola outbreaks in Sierra Leone are on strike with dead bodies being left in the streets. Ebola spreads through contact with bodily fluids of someone who has the virus and the only way to stop an outbreak is to isolate those who are infected.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
