MOSCOW, July 28 (RIA Novosti) – Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s consumer protection agency, on Monday warned the citizens planning trips to West African countries of Ebola virus threat.
“To ensure health and epidemiological well-being of the population of the Russian Federation, Rospotrebnadzor recommends taking into account the provided information while planning trips to foreign countries,” the agency said on its official website.
In case a person develops Ebola symptoms while being in West African countries or upon return to Russia, he should seek the medical assistance as soon as possible, the watchdog said.
No one of some 80 Russians citizens residing in Liberia has contracted the decease so far, Galina Kuklina, an attaché at the Russia’s Embassy in Ghana, told RIA Novosti.
Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone reported a total of 1,093 cases of the virus, including 660 deaths, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is one of the deadliest viruses known to mankind. The virus is transmitted by direct contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an infected person. Transmission via contaminated medical equipment or other objects is also possible. No cure or vaccine for Ebola has been found.
