ተረጋጉ ኢቦላ ኢትዮጵያ የለም ተባለ: No Case of Ebola Detected in Ethiopia - Officials

By Nesru Jemal

The rumors that have surfaced on social media over the past few days are completely unfounded, according to the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and the Black Lion Hospital.

There are no Ebola patients at the Black Lion Hospital, the hospital has confirmed.

Extraordinary precautionary measures have been instituted and the FDRE Ministry of Health has set up several Ebola monitoring centers on major border crossings into the country and at Bole International Airport.

Deputy Director of EPHI, Dr. Dadi Girma, said the country maintains its alert surveillance for the disease.

Any case of the disease will be identified on point of entry and there has not been any such case reported in Ethiopia, the Institute said.

A quarantine hospital has been established in preparation if an Ebola case is discovered in Ethiopia.

Furthermore, modern Ebola detecting machines have been installed at the Bole International Airport.

EBOLA Hotel? Yes, EBOLA is a name of river

Most people fear the word  EBOLA  because they think it is some kind of abbreviation for a medical term for virus or disease  like HIV or AIDS. But the truth is Ebola is a name of river in Africa and the disease took its name from this river because it was discovered near Ebola river in 1976. Yes -1976! If scientists had some interest at that time, they could create a vaccine long time ago, however there is no big money the drug companies  could be make from Ebola back then and they just put it in the back-burner until there is a demand. Means, Ebola could be eradicated years ago if someone gave it enough attention.

Now, look everyone is scarred not only the disease but also the world Ebola. So next time if you hear anyone saying "I am  from Ebola"  please do not assume that person has an Ebola. Let us put it this way, it is like someone named a disease after Pacific or Atlantic Ocean, do you scare the  Atlantic Hotel or Pacific Sushi Bar? I guess not. But here in America people will force the scientists not to call a disease after a landmark or place,  because it will stigmatize their city and will hurt the local economy. But in Africa who cares. They can call anything what ever they want, after all almost all scientists are not from Africa and it is not their concern if any place, city, river, or country  is named as a disease.  Few names associated with a disease are:- Ebola, West Nile Virus, African Fever and several others. But you never hear any good products named after African, the irony is even they found it from Africa. Have you ever heard a product named like an African Coffee, African Diamond, Africa Gold, African Oil, Africa Chocolate, Africa Fur, African Honey or other, almost none. But, you may hear Belgium Chocolate, Italian Roasted Coffee, French Wine, Pure European Fur and so on. So name is nothing and virus or other organism could come from anywhere. 

So by chance if you go to the Ebola Hotel in Addis, just relax and enjoy! it is not named after the disease Ebola but something else.

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በአንድ አይንና በኢቦላ አይቀለድም

በአንድ አይንና በኢቦላ አይቀለድም

ተሳፋሪው አውሮፕላን ውስጥ ቁጭ ብሎ ትንሽ ሰውን ላስቅ ብሎ ኢቦላ  (EBOLA) ይዞኛል ይልና የውሽት ያስነጥሰዋል። ከዚይ  በሗላ ምን እንደተፈጠረ በአይነ ሂሊናች ሁ ሳሉት::

A passenger aboard a U.S. Airways flight to Punta Cana learned the hard way why you can't make jokes about Ebola.

The 54-year-old man, who apparently had a sneezing attack aboard the plane, joked haphazardly, "I have Ebola, you are all screwed," according to Dominican paper Diario Libre.

Flying from Philadelphia to Punta Cana, the flight had to be examined by a hazmat team upon landing. Patrick Narvaez, who uploaded the video, said that the remaining people were held for two hours on the plane.

After being examined, it was determined the man did not have Ebola. He was sent back to the United States.

(H/t BarstoolPhilly)

Ebola Scare at London-Gatwick Proves False

The outbreak of the Ebola virus in west Africa has the entire world on edge, so when an elderly woman began sweating and vomiting, and later collapsed on the gangway on Saturday at London-Gatwick Airport, fears ran rampant on a Gambia Bird flight that originated in Sierra Leone on Saturday.

The 72-year old woman later died in a London hospital and tests came back negative for Ebola, but not before widespread panic raced through the 128 passengers on the flight and at Gatwick Airport.

Ebola has killed more than 700 in west Africa, including more than 250 in Sierra Leone.

Officials quickly quarantined the plane and began tracking down anyone who might have had contact with the woman. A Gatwick spokeswoman told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that the plane, as well as some airline and airport staff, were briefly quarantined "as a precaution." The Gambia Bird flight later made its return trip.

Dr Brian McCloskey, director of global public health at Public Health England, told the BBC there was no health risk to other passengers or crew, as the passenger did not have the symptoms during the flight.

"It was considered very unlikely to be a case of Ebola but testing was done as a precaution, and was negative,” he said. “The correct procedures were followed to confirm there was no reason to quarantine the airplane, the passengers or staff. PHE can confirm there was no public health risk around the sad death of this individual."

British Airways, Emirates Suspend Flights Over Ebola Scare

British Airways and Emirates Airlines have both suspended flights to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, the three West African nations plagued by the Ebola virus.

More than 1,400 people have been infected and more than 800 have died from the deadly virus, which has created a worldwide scare that Ebola-infected travelers will create a global plague through international flights.

BA has suspended its four-times-a-week flight that departs London and heads to Sierra Leone and on to Liberia, while Emirates has suspended its daily flight to Conakry, Guinea. That flight originated in Dubai, flew to Guinea and continued on to Dakar, Senegal; Emirates said it will now just fly straight to Dakar “until further notice.”

In a statement sent to travel agents and travel companies, British Airways said its “services from London Heathrow to Freetown (Sierra Leone) and Monrovia (Liberia) will be temporarily suspended from tomorrow, 6 August until 31 August 2014, due to the deteriorating public health situation in both countries.”

Air France, which flies to all three West African nations, has begun to take its own medical precautions. In a statement, Air France said passengers must fill in a questionnaire and have their temperature taken within the airport itself.

“They are only given their boarding card if no medical symptoms are present,” the airline said.