WHO downplays panic: air travel is low-risk for Ebola transmission

Friday, August 15th 2014 - 02:18 UTC

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The World Health Organization reiterated its position that the risk of transmission of Ebola virus disease during air travel remains low. “Unlike infections such as influenza or tuberculosis, Ebola is not airborne,” says Dr Isabelle Nuttall, Director of WHO Global Capacity Alert and Response. “It can only be transmitted by direct contact with the body fluids of a person who is sick with the disease.” Read full article

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ChrisR
So how come it is racing away from the original source site?

How come all the pictures of high bio containment suits on the health workers, even on the trolley pushers, or did the victim have flu? NOT.
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