EBOLA - THE FACTS · from Ebola. Once someone recovers from Ebola, they can only spread the virus...
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Bleeding eyes Bleeding ears Bleeding mouth Bleeding nose Diarrhea Vomiting Rash Symptoms usually start two days to three weeks after being infected. EBOLA - THE FACTS JINJA COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (PTY) LTD Ebola is a deadly disease. Here are some basics you should know. Produced by www.jincom.co.za | [email protected] Ebola is not spread through the air. It is spread through eating bush meat and through contact with an infected person's bodily fluids, such as sweat, blood, semen or saliva. Don’t leave your house or take yourself to the clinic if you think you have Ebola. Call your local clinic and ask them to transport you to the nearest hospital. Don’t have any physical contact or handle the clothes of someone who has or had Ebola. Disinfect the clothes and bed sheets with bleach. Wear gloves when doing this. Don’t touch, wash or kiss the body of someone who has died from Ebola. The virus can stay in the body for weeks after the person has died. If you have a family member who has died from Ebola, call your local hospital and arrange for health professionals to handle the body. DO's DON'Ts Symptoms: Fever Muscle Pain Headaches Sore Throat Bleach th a Rash Dia rt eks Muscle Pain Symptoms usually two days to three after being infected. Don’t your or DON'Ts
Transcript of EBOLA - THE FACTS · from Ebola. Once someone recovers from Ebola, they can only spread the virus...
Bleeding eyes
Bleeding ears
Bleeding mouth
Bleeding nose
Diarrhea
Vomiting
Rash
Symptoms usually start two days to three weeks after being infected.
EBOLA - THE FACTSJINJA COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (PTY) LTD
Ebola is a deadly disease. Here are some basics you should know.
Produced by www.jincom.co.za | [email protected]
Ebola is not spread through the air. It is spread through eating bush meat and through contact with an infected person's bodily fl uids, such as sweat, blood, semen or saliva.
Don’t leave your house or take yourself to the clinic if you think you have Ebola.
Call your local clinic and ask them to transport you to the nearest hospital.
Don’t have any physical contact or handle the clothes of someone who has or had Ebola.
Disinfect the clothes and bed sheets with bleach. Wear gloves when doing this.
Don’t touch, wash or kiss the body of someone who has died from Ebola. The virus can stay in the body for weeks after the person has died.
If you have a family member who has died from Ebola, call your local hospital and arrange for health professionals to handle the body.DO's
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Symptoms: Fever
Muscle Pain
Headaches
Sore Throat
Bleach
and through contact with an
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Diarrheastart two days to three weeks
Muscle Pain
Symptoms usually two days to three weeksafter being infected.
Don’t your houseor take
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Drinking salty water or eating raw onion can protect you.
You cannot catch Ebola from the body of someone who’s died from it.
Even after someone has died from Ebola, the virus can stay alive in their body for weeks afterwards.
Healthcare workers are bringing the disease into affected countries.
The Ebola virus is transferred through human contact with wild animals through hunting, butchering and preparing meat from infected wild animals.
Expensive hand-sanitizers are needed to kill the disease.
Alcohol-based gels can be effective but washing your hands regularly with soap and water is very important too.
You can still be infected by someone who has recovered from Ebola.
Once someone recovers from Ebola, they can only spread the virus by having sex. These people are advised to abstain from sex or use condoms for 3 months.
The best way to protect yourself is to avoid contact with anyone showing the signs or symptoms of the disease.
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