Ebola Death Toll Rises in West Africa
April 23, 2014 10:52 AM
A medical relief worker at an Ebola treatment center in Guinea says new patients continue to be admitted on a daily basis.
Jonas Hagensen, of Doctors Without Borders, says many of the people receiving treatment at the center in Conakry know how they were exposed.
"A lot of the people who come into our centers, they actually know how they had been infected because they had been in close contact with a person that they know had had Ebola."
In a VOA interview, Hagensen said medical relief workers are concerned about people who may be showing symptoms of the deadly virus but are not receiving treatment.
"The concern is that the people who are sick, they actually get into the treatment center and that we make sure that we have all of their contacts. That is the difficult part, to get people who believe that they are sick and they know that they had contact with someone who had Ebola, that we can get the whole picture of all those people who had been in contact with that person. It is a huge, huge work and it is very, very demanding."
At least 142 deaths from Ebola have been reported in Guinea and Liberia since the outbreak erupted in the region in February. Health officials are also investigating confirmed or suspected cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The Ebola virus is spread by contact with bodily fluids. It causes symptoms that include vomiting, unstoppable bleeding and organ failure.
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Who:new patients
Where:in West AfricaWhy:A medical relief worker at an Ebola treatment center in Guinea says new patients continue to be admitted
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2. expose 暴露
3. symptom 症狀
4. bodily fluids 體液
5. confirmed 確認
6. vomiting 嘔吐
7. organ 器官
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A medical relief worker at an Ebola treatment center in Guinea says new patients continue to be admitted on a daily basis.
Jonas Hagensen, of Doctors Without Borders, says many of the people receiving treatment at the center in Conakry know how they were exposed.
"A lot of the people who come into our centers, they actually know how they had been infected because they had been in close contact with a person that they know had had Ebola."
In a VOA interview, Hagensen said medical relief workers are concerned about people who may be showing symptoms of the deadly virus but are not receiving treatment.
"The concern is that the people who are sick, they actually get into the treatment center and that we make sure that we have all of their contacts. That is the difficult part, to get people who believe that they are sick and they know that they had contact with someone who had Ebola, that we can get the whole picture of all those people who had been in contact with that person. It is a huge, huge work and it is very, very demanding."
At least 142 deaths from Ebola have been reported in Guinea and Liberia since the outbreak erupted in the region in February. Health officials are also investigating confirmed or suspected cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The Ebola virus is spread by contact with bodily fluids. It causes symptoms that include vomiting, unstoppable bleeding and organ failure.
http://www.voanews.com/content/ebola-death-toll-rises-in-west-africa/1899430.html
Who:new patients
Where:in West AfricaWhy:A medical relief worker at an Ebola treatment center in Guinea says new patients continue to be admitted
Key Words :
1. patient 病患
2. expose 暴露
3. symptom 症狀
4. bodily fluids 體液
5. confirmed 確認
6. vomiting 嘔吐
7. organ 器官
8.
Ebola is really a terrible disease.
回覆刪除However, fortunately, there are no people infected this disease in our country.
I think we should continue to maintain this situation, or the result of people infected it will be disastrous.
Ebola is quite a serious disease. However ,we haven't had medicine to it,so it keep spreading. I think we should come out with the medicine as soon as possible ,or it might infect our country soon.
回覆刪除The disease Ebola is really horrible that there is no way to cure,
回覆刪除I feel lucky that Taiwan has no people inflected,
Hope everyone in the world can be health.