Dr. Kent Brantly, an American now fighting the deadly virus.Brantly, who is in isolation and expected to arrive in the U.S. next week, became infected with Ebola.Alan Jamison, a retired pediatrician, returned home to Morristown, Tenn., after he was evacuated from Liberia by the aid group he was volunteering for -- working at the same hospital as Dr. Kent Brantly, an American now fighting the deadly virus.
Medical Teams International, the group Jamison works for, said it pulled him out of Liberia for safety and security reasons. Jamison was working in the Ebola isolation unit at ELWA Hospital, near the Liberian capital Monrovia.
"He was very cognizant and careful with the hygiene precautions that he used," Jamison said. "I'm not sure how it occurred that he was exposed."
A second American has also contracted the Ebola virus in West Africa: Nancy Writebol, an aid group worker.Two nurses canceled their vacation.
"They said, 'We have been training for this,'" Dr. Bruce Ribner, who heads the Emory University Hospital unit where the two Americans with Ebola will be treated, told CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta -- himself a neurosurgery professor at Emory. "'We are not going to miss this opportunity to care for this patient."
Suprisingly there have been different views expressed online and among U.S citizens of bringing patients of the deadly African Virus into United States for the first time
These are some of the comments by U.S citizens on twitter "we're being very foolish"
"Why willingly bring infected ebola victims to this country?" wrote one woman.
"Why purposely spread the infection?" They are the kindest remark made on social network on the idea of bringing and treating Ebola on U.S soil
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Africa needs a better support from the United States and International community to help combat the further spread of the virus and save lives of those already infected by the virusI'm happy to inform you that there has not been any report of Ebola here in Cotonou Republic of Benin,Nigerian students and bussiness here are going on fine and normal although there are fears of the virus getting to the country because there have been reports of Ebola case in Lagos which is very close to Republic of Benin.
Nigerian Students community of Houdegbe North American University are really doing their best to inform both students and the locals about the Virus,information and awareness is essential in the fight against the virus.you must be aware of what to do and what not to do with things and peopleThe sound of Ebola brings fear and hoplessness to many people in west Africa countries like Guinea, where it began, Liberia and Sierra Leone.As of July 23, the World Health Organization had confirmed more than 800 Ebola cases in the region, but suspects there have been many unreported infections and there may be more like 1,200 cases. Sierra Leone has been hardest hit with approximately 525 cases.
Ebola is a really serious infection, Dr Bruce Ribner head of Emory University Hospital Unit said that Ebola spreads much like HIV, Hepatitis B or C -- through the transmission of bodily fluids, not by simply being in the same room as someone infected.
It's not like someone is contagious the second they are infected. The virus doesn't spread until that person shows symptoms, which typically takes two to 21 days, according to the World Health Organization.
Refrence;BBC News,CNN News and World Health organisation
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