January 5, 2009
Xinhua Luanda January 4 (Xinhua Dai Adi) Angola News Agency reported on the 4th, the Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos recently officially appointed by the Prime Minister卡索马prevention of Ebola virus led a special team to stop recently in neighboring Congo (DRC) an outbreak of Ebola virus to spread in Angola.
Special team from the Angolan Ministry of Health, the Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Land and Resources Administration, Department of Commerce, the Ministry of Social Welfare minister, the Angolan armed forces chief of staff and national police chief component. At the same time, a special team of the relevant ministries were also developed to prevent Ebola virus infection of action measures to prevent the Ebola virus to Angola dissemination.
Since November 27, 2008 with Angola northeastern Lunda Norte province at the junction of the Congo (DRC) province of Kasai Occidental outbreak of the Ebola virus has resulted in many deaths and dozens of people infected. WHO is currently 36 suspected cases of the investigation, including 12 deaths.
Ebola virus infection in human blood and secretions can lead to Ebola haemorrhagic fever, which is death rate is about 50-90 percent. At present, the medical profession has not yet developed a vaccine to prevent this disease.
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