Health Ministry: There are no suspect cases of Ebola Virus in Ukraine
Ukraine’s
State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service [SSES]
carries out constant monitoring of the epidemiological situation associated
with the spread of the Ebola virus, and takes measures to prevent importation
of the disease into the territory of the country.
SSES has
informed central boards of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service in
the regions and the city of Kyiv, water, railway, air transport and laboratory centres as to the spread of the Ebola virus. Also at
checkpoints across the state border is reinforced sanitary-quarantine control
for people arriving from Africa. As of today the man is suspected that the
disease is not detected.
Taking into
account the complication epidemiological situation in the world, the Ministry
of Defense of Ukraine recommended providing anti-epidemic and preventive
measures when implementing rotation of personnel of the United Nations Mission
in Liberia.
Ukraine’s
State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service as well as the Foreign Ministry
recommend Ukrainian citizens to refrain from visiting West African countries
until the situation normalizes.
Background
information
According
to WHO, the cumulative number cases attributed to EVD,
as of 8 August, 2014, stands at 1 711, including 932 deaths. Most cases of
diseases caused by one of the five distinct species of Ebola virus - Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV), characterized
by the most severe clinic and high fatality. Among involved in the epidemic
process countries are Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
On August
8, 2014, the WHO declared the current outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in West
Africa a public health emergency of international concern.