Following reports of Ebola virus outbreaks in some African countries, the Ministry of National Health has ordered strict surveillance at all international airports and other entry points in the country to ‘isolate’ and quarantine suspected patients.
According to the guidelines of the International Health Regulations (IHR), the Ministry of National Health has directed the Border Affairs and Health Departments to make screening of travelers coming from other countries, especially from Africa, mandatory and whoever If symptoms of Ebola virus are found, it should be isolated immediately.
In a statement, Federal Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel said that the African country Uganda has declared Ebola as a pandemic and there is a fear of the virus entering Pakistan through patients or travelers.
Abdul Qadir Patel added that as per IHR guidelines, surveillance and monitoring have been stepped up and all possible measures will be taken to protect people from the pandemic.
He said that thermal screening will be done for all the passengers coming into the country.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Ugandan health authorities have declared an Ebola virus outbreak due to the virus coming from Sudan after being confirmed by the laboratory.
It should be noted that the threat of Ebola virus has emerged at a time when the Ministry of Health had instructed the federal and provincial authorities to be vigilant and alert after monkeypox cases were reported all over the world.
The National Institutes of Health issued an advisory to officials in May to be on high alert for suspected monkeypox cases.
The National Institutes of Health’s advisory directed health officials to remain alert, monitor all airports and entry points in the country, and conduct medical screening to diagnose infected passengers.
These surveillance measures were taken after reports of a suspected case of monkeypox in the country circulated on social media, but later the National Health Organization clarified that no case of monkeypox virus has been reported in Pakistan.
What is the Ebola virus?
Ebola is a disease found in humans and animals that causes symptoms such as fever, sore throat, muscle aches and headache for two to three weeks, followed by vomiting, diarrhea and itching. , while liver and kidney function also decreases.
After the severity of the disease, blood starts flowing from one or different parts of the body and at that time the risk of transmission from one person or animal to another is very high, in fact, it is also called periodontal fever and When symptoms of bleeding appear, it is considered almost impossible for the patient to survive.
But not only blood, but also through physical contact including sweat, saliva and urine, etc., it is transferred from one person to another person, but a man who is able to avoid this disease can spread this disease to his wife for two to three months through his sexual reproduction. I can move.
It is said to have first spread from animals to humans in Africa through bats, and large numbers of Ebola victims die within a week.
Although no effective treatment is yet available, patients can be led to some degree of improvement by drinking mildly sweet or brackish water or similar fluids.
The disease first appeared in Sudan in 1976 and by 2013 only 1,716 cases had been reported, but this year it has emerged as an epidemic in West Africa, with Guyana, Syria Leone, Liberia and Nigeria the most affected. and efforts to develop its vaccine have been intensified.
How is the Ebola virus spread?
Ebola can be transmitted from person to person in four ways, the first being close contact with an infected person increases the risk of contracting it.
Second, it can be transmitted from one person to another through saliva, blood, breast milk, urine, sweat, feces and sexual reproduction.
Sharing a syringe used by a patient on a healthy person can also make them susceptible to Ebola.
Eating meat from or living with animals infected with Ebola.
Things that don’t cause Ebola
the wind
Water
Food
Mosquitoes or other insects
Ebola survivors (except women whose husbands contracted it) should avoid sexual intercourse for a period of time.
Apart from all this, the impression that the disease can be transmitted to someone else from the things touched by the patient, nor can it reach another country through planes coming from infected countries, is completely wrong.
Unlike the flu, measles, or other common diseases, it is much less likely to spread from continent to continent like an epidemic.
However, if the people coming from the affected areas are victims of it, they can definitely cause its spread in a country.
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