Ebola Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text====Transport, travel, contact==== <!-- Transportation --> Transportation crews are instructed to follow a certain isolation procedure, should anyone exhibit symptoms resembling EVD.<ref name="urlWHO – West Africa – Ebola virus disease">{{Cite web |title=West Africa – Ebola virus disease Update: Travel and transport |url=https://www.who.int/ith/updates/20140421/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729034008/https://www.who.int/ith/updates/20140421/en/ |archive-date=29 July 2014 |website=International travel and health |publisher=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO) }}</ref> {{As of|August 2014}}, the WHO does not consider travel bans to be useful in decreasing spread of the disease.<ref name=WHO2014T/> In October 2014, the CDC defined four risk levels used to determine the level of 21-day monitoring for symptoms and restrictions on public activities.<ref name="CDC_monitor_movement">{{Cite web |date=27 October 2014 |title=Monitoring Symptoms and Controlling Movement to Stop Spread of Ebola |url=https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/fs1027-monitoring-symptoms-controlling-movement.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708091445/https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/fs1027-monitoring-symptoms-controlling-movement.html |archive-date=8 July 2017 |publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC)}}</ref> In the United States, the CDC recommends that restrictions on public activity, including travel restrictions, are not required for the following defined risk levels:<ref name=CDC_monitor_movement/> * having been in a country with widespread Ebola disease transmission and having no known exposure (low risk); or having been in that country more than 21 days ago (no risk) * encounter with a person showing symptoms; but not within three feet of the person with Ebola without wearing PPE; and no direct contact with body fluids * having had brief skin contact with a person showing symptoms of Ebola disease when the person was believed to be not very contagious (low risk) * in countries without widespread Ebola disease transmission: direct contact with a person showing symptoms of the disease while wearing PPE (low risk) * contact with a person with Ebola disease before the person was showing symptoms (no risk). The CDC recommends monitoring for the symptoms of Ebola disease for those both at "low risk" and at higher risk.<ref name=CDC_monitor_movement/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page