







Sunday afternoon (12th October 2014), US Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced and confirmed the first ever known transmission of Ebola virus in the US. The nurse who is believed to be one of the 18 member staff of the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital was placed under twice daily temperature check up, it was then discovered in the routine check that the health-care worker has a fever and was isolated within 90 minutes for further check.

State Public Health laboratory in Austin took a blood sample test late saturday, right after then, the CDC conducted the confirmatory test and found that the Health-care worker is positive for Ebola virus. The Nurse was one of the Hospital team who cared for Mr. Thomas Eric Duncan who is the first man to have diagnosed with Ebola in the US but died last week.

As the news struck todays headlines, CDC released an initial statement that the health-care worker might have breached the standard protocol and further investigations are now being made. But the questions remains posted on the wall, how and in what way did the nurse breached the hospital strict protocol for care of an Ebola patient? World Health Organization has released some basic ways on how Ebola virus can be transmitted to another person, those are by direct blood contact, body fluids and through tissues of any infected people or animals.

See Related Ebola Infographic: Truth About Ebola Outbreak Infographic

EBola Haemorrhagic Fever (EHF) or Ebola virus Desease (EVD) is now one of the world’s most dangerous virulent diseases, It’s a severe fatal illness with fatality rate up to 90%. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in partnership with Kaiser Family Foundation produced this infographic Ebola Outbreak In Africa 2014 most especially in West Africa, compact with key facts of Ebola virus, number of current Ebola outbreak cases including the previous history outbreak. Also, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided another set of infographic of West Africa Ebola Outbreak.

We encourage you to share this infographic to your family, relatives and friends anywhere in the world through social media. To raise awareness and knowledge to know more about Ebola Virus. Let’s be more cautiously vigilant with our daily hygiene, wherever and whatever we do everyday.