Important Points About Ebola outbreak

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Important Points About Ebola outbreak:</span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-size: large;"> Four West African countries Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Guinea are struggling with the worst Ebola outbreak in </span><span style="font-size: large;">history</span></li> <script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6792250860248713" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-slot="2191465791" style="display: block; text-align: center;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <li><span style="font-size: large;"> First Outbreak – In 1976 the Ebola virus (EBOV) was first identified near the Ebola river, in northern Democratic </span><span style="font-size: large;">Republic of the Congo.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-size: large;"> Young scientist in Belgium, Peter Piot was part of a team that discovered the Ebola virus in 1976. He took his first trip to </span><span style="font-size: large;">Africa to investigate this mysterious disease. In the Democratic Republic of Congo.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-size: large;"> Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans.</span></li> <script async="" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6792250860248713" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <li><span style="font-size: large;"> The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human </span><span style="font-size: large;">transmission.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: large;"> Vaccine - ZMapp, being developed by Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., is an experimental treatment, for use with individuals </span><span style="font-size: large;">infected with Ebola virus.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-size: large;"> World Bank approves $105 million grant for Ebola-hit countries of West Africa (Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea).    </span><span style="font-size: large;">Note: Liberia, the country with the highest number of Ebola infections, will receive 52 million dollars, with Sierra </span><script async="" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6792250860248713" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-slot="2191465791" style="display: block; text-align: center;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><span style="font-size: large;">Leone getting 28 million dollars and Guinea 25 million dollars.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-size: large;"> India to contribute USD 12 million to UN to tackle Ebola.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="font-size: large;"> India to contribute USD 10 million to UN Secretary General’s Fund for Ebola. Additional USD 2 million for purchase of </span><span style="font-size: large;">protective gear to tackle Ebola.</span></li> </ul><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcC1xPcaN7kG73dj3TQZVE-HRbj53XU-V5VQnEglGCXrVGOfBuimrPUw5eSa_TmY3trMexQ9E0d8C1mI_51Vh6G-F74Nr0wkKMISvlfTdA_xaDUZzqzzgvH-dKBkN8g3faF7e9okIG5A/s1600/tips1-150x150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcC1xPcaN7kG73dj3TQZVE-HRbj53XU-V5VQnEglGCXrVGOfBuimrPUw5eSa_TmY3trMexQ9E0d8C1mI_51Vh6G-F74Nr0wkKMISvlfTdA_xaDUZzqzzgvH-dKBkN8g3faF7e9okIG5A/s1600/tips1-150x150.jpg" /></a></div> <div> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> </div>

Important Points About Ebola outbreak

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