EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE

Ebola virus disease is a serious illness that originated in Africa, where there is currently an outbreak. But for people living in countries outside Africa, it continues to be a very low threat.

The current outbreak of the Ebola virus mainly affects three countries in West Africa: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Around 22,000 cases and more than 8,800 deaths have been reported by the World Health Organization. This is the largest known outbreak of EBOLA

A case of Ebola was recently confirmed in a nurse in Scotland who travelled to Glasgow from Sierra Leone, but she has now been successfully treated and discharged.

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