Astana ready to fight serious infectious outbreaks, including Ebola

With Ebola marching across East Africa and being the deadliest outbreak on record, doctors and scientists all over the world are working hard to counter it, since globalization makes spread of the virus to geographically distant areas as likely as contamination of the neighbouring ones.

The latest UN data suggests that more than 1,200 people have died from the disease since the virus was detected in March this year. There is no specific treatment for the virus but several manufacturers in the United States and Canada declared that they had made some progress in development of drugs against the virus. The World Health Organization said it was ethical to use experimental drugs to treat the disease.

In the meanwhile Kazakhstani authorities are working towards raise awareness among the population. According to the head of epidemiological surveillance of quarantinable and especially dangerous infectious diseases of the Department of Consumer Protection of Astana Julia Mayer, the world is in a precarious epidemiological situation with respect to infectious diseases, including plague, cholera and yellow fever.

“In connection with the unfavorable situation in West Africa, the WHO advises cancelling unnecessary trips to Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, as well as their neighbouring countries, because of the risk to contract the disease,” Mayer said.

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