Dear MEL School’s
Topic Readers,
Scientist who
discovered Ebola: ‘This is unprecedented’
There is an
outbreak of a deadly disease in Western Africa, namely Guinea, Sierra Leone,
and Liberia. Nearly 500 people have died this year mainly in the capitals of
these countries. People who are infected by this disease show symptoms that
look like the flu or a cold – headache, fever, maybe diarrhea in its early
stage, so they may not recognize that they’ve gotten a serious and almost incurable
disease until very fast and uncontrollable bleeding occur. That is one of the
biggest problems of this disease. It could spread before an infection is suspected
or identified.
Though it was
discovered two scores ago, little is known about this lethal virus, Ebola, and
there is no vaccine against its infection. The good news is that this virus is
infected only with a close contact like touching. So it could be prevented from
spreading if the government takes decisive moves like isolation and quarantine of
the patients, as well as timely and effective informing of the public.
Enjoy reading and
learning about an outbreak of a deadly disease before it becomes an epidemic or
pandemic.
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