In February of 2014, there was an outbreak in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia
Since then, things have gotten spectacularly worse and over 700 people have died of the disease
Things had gotten so out of control that Sierra Leone and Liberia declared states of public emergency, meaning the army is now free to come in and enforce quarantine zones
In Sierra Leone, poor infection control and the mistrust in the health services allowed the disease to spread beyond the remote jungles, and into the coastal capital Freetown
Liberia has closed schools and are considering quarantining whole communities where the disease is largely present
Fears of transmission beyond Africa are spreading around the world, with airlines suspending flights to and from the infected countries, and screening passengers if they are flying out
West African airline Asky has suspended flights to the Capitals of both Sierra Leone and Liberia
Although the frenzy of fear about the spread of disease, there really is a low chance of it happening at all
Scientist says it is no real threat, as the disease can't be transmitted through air like other respiratory dieases
As well as this, the reason things are still bad in West Africa is because their health care systems aren't as effective as in first world countries, and it is said that if EVD was to spread to somewhere like America, they would be able to get a hold on it before it could do any real damage

	Created by rubyduggan over 10 years ago

Information of Ebola Virus Disease and the recent outbreak of it in West Africa, 2014