Ebola Outbreak: Worldwide Warning Of Global Ebola Outbreak Issued To Health Institutions After Victim Was Allowed On Two Planes
Doctors fear that an Ebola victim Patrick Sawyer might have started a worldwide spread of the killer disease after he was allowed in two planes. There is now a desperate search of those who boarded the same plane with the 40-year old who is infected with Ebola. British doctors and border officials have been warned to be on the lookout so as to prevent more spread. The victim, Mr. Sawyer was allowed to board the ASKY Airlines flight in Liberia which is well known of Ebola. Though he was vomiting and suffering from diarrhea, he was still allowed aboard. His sister war recently killed by the dreaded virus. The plane had a stopover in Ghana and then he changed planes in Togo and flew to the international travel hub of Lagos in Nigeria. Mr. Sawyer, a dad of 3 died after five days in the city.
The Lancaster University virologist, Derek Gatherer said that the passengers, crew and airport ground port and anyone who came into contact with Mr. Sawyer could be in very serious danger. In most cases, Ebola is 90% fatal. 59 people who were near him have been identified and 20 tested for the virus. They are also struggling to find others who are feared to have flown anywhere else apart from Lagos.
There have been questions on how Mr. Sawyer was allowed into the planes while he displayed clear symptoms of Ebola, which has killed 672 people in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea since its outbreak in February. In the UK, experts from the Public Health England have met the UK border Agency officials to make sure the border staff are well aware of the signs to look out for in Ebola sufferers. The symptoms may include vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, weakness, headache and sore throat. Those with acute Ebola could also show signs of internal and external bleeding. The virus is spread through human contact and it has no cure. The disease is known to be very contagious and severe. The ASKY airline which operates from West Africa is halting flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone because of the crisis.
