The Border Police of Moldova is examining all the persons entering the country through border crossing points for the dangerous hemorrhagic fever Ebola in a move to prevent its spread over the border, IPN reports quoting the Border Police.
The institution’s press officer Daniela Manzatu has told IPN that the border police will update the register of travelers suspected of being infected, will step up the supervision measures and will monitor the persons with Ebola symptoms. Increased attention will be paid to people coming from countries of Central and Western Africa.
According to Daniela Manzatu, the persons traveling through the Chisinau International Airport are mandatorily scanned with an automated febrile temperature detecting system. The thermal scanner can detect any temperature under 36.6 degrees Celsius, which the normal body temperature. If symptoms typical of the Ebola virus are identified, the person is isolated and examined.
Ebola virus disease or Ebola hemorrhagic fever is the human disease caused by the Ebola virus. Symptoms typically start two days to three weeks after contracting the virus, with a fever, sore throat, muscle pains, and headaches. Typically nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea follow, along with decreased functioning of the liver and kidneys. The virus may be acquired upon contact with blood or bodily fluids of an infected animal. Spread through the air has not been documented in the natural environment.
There is no specific treatment for the disease; efforts to help persons who are infected include giving either oral rehydration therapy or intravenous fluids. The disease has high mortality rate: often killing between 50% and 90% of those infected with the virus. The largest outbreak to date is the ongoing 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak. As of August 2014 more than 1,600 suspected cases have been reported, including 887 deaths.
