{"id":2426,"date":"2014-08-14T16:30:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T16:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.internationaldiplomat.com\/?p=2426"},"modified":"2014-08-14T16:30:27","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T16:30:27","slug":"2426","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/?p=2426","title":{"rendered":"WHO: Air travel is low-risk for Ebola transmission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>GENEVA \u00a614 August 2014\u2013\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">The World Health Organization (WHO) today reiterated its position that the risk of transmission of Ebola virus disease during air travel remains low.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201cUnlike infections such as influenza or tuberculosis, Ebola is not airborne,\u201d says Dr Isabelle Nuttall, Director of WHO Global Capacity Alert and Response. \u201cIt can only be transmitted by direct contact with the body fluids of a person who is sick with the disease.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">On the small chance that someone on the plane is sick with Ebola, the likelihood of other passengers and crew having contact with their body fluids is even smaller.\u00a0 Usually when someone is sick with Ebola, they are so unwell that they cannot travel. WHO is therefore advising against travel bans to and from affected countries.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201cBecause the risk of Ebola transmission on airplanes is so low, WHO does not consider air transport hubs at high risk for further spread of Ebola,\u201d says Dr Nuttall. In early August, after the meeting of the Ebola Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations, WHO provided advice to countries to help contain the current Ebola outbreak and prevent it from spreading further.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">The guidance recommended:<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 no ban on international travel or trade;<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that countries be prepared to detect, investigate, and manage Ebola cases; including\u00a0 access to a qualified diagnostic laboratory for Ebola virus and, where appropriate, the capacity to identify and care for travellers originating from known Ebola-infected areas who arrive at international airports or major land crossing points with unexplained fever and other symptoms.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">Worldwide, countries should provide their citizens traveling to Ebola-affected countries with accurate and relevant information on the Ebola outbreak and measures to reduce the risk of exposure.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENEVA \u00a614 August 2014\u2013\u00a0 The World Health Organization (WHO) today reiterated its position that the risk of transmission of Ebola virus disease during air travel remains low. \u201cUnlike infections such as influenza or tuberculosis, Ebola is not airborne,\u201d says Dr Isabelle Nuttall, Director of WHO Global Capacity Alert and Response. \u201cIt can only be transmitted<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/12h71.com\/?p=2426\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[539,2079],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-health-well-being"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}