Zambian government putting measures in place to prevent Ebola virus entering the country
Zambia’s Ministry of Health says it is taking measures to prevent the deadly Ebola virus from entering Zambia.
Ministry of Health spokesperson Kamoto Mbewe says the government is currently sensitizing people around the boarder areas on Ebola symptoms and how the disease can be prevented.
Dr. Mbewe says the Ministry is also orienting its staff on how it can easily identify the disease if one presents themselves with the symptoms.
According to Dr. Mbewe isolation places have already been made ready for any outbreaks in some provinces in the country.
At least one person has died after an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say.
The death is one of two cases of the virus discovered in the town of Isiro.
Medical charity workers say they are attempting to find and isolate anyone who has been in contact with those infected by the virus.
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says the strain is not the same as the kind found recently in neighbouring Uganda...