Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. is trying to reconsider its approach to Ebola patients after several reports suggest that the fatal virus could be airborne.
Many people in the population are extremely afraid with the fact that they can acquire the deadly disease, while more than 8,000 people have been already affected since its outbreak in Guinea in late 2013. The people are even more afraid today after the news reveal that two Dallas nurse have been infected with the virus after taking care of Thomas Duncan, the first confirmed case of the deadly infection inside the U.S. What is more alarming about the news is that the health care workers were actually wearing the protective equipment during contact with Duncan; however, they still tested positive from the virus.
Although CDC already cleared that the Ebola virus can be transmitted through direct contact with the infected person's body fluids such as sweat, blood and fecal material, there are now claims trying to say that the infection is actually airborne. The news about the infection of the Dallas nurses began to build up issues, such as the real route of transmission of the virus since the health care workers were actually wearing their protective equipment, yet they are still infected.
With the additional confirmed cases of the disease in the U.S., CDC Director Tom Frieden said that training and education of health care workers should be enhanced so that hospitals in the country will be prepared and ready if more infections will be reported. Frieden's announcement on Monday followed after several claims that the Ebola virus is airborne.
Despite of the cases of the infected nurses from Dallas, CDC still believes that the virus is transmitted through direct contact. Experts also suggest that although the Ebola virus has been changing its genetic makeup, it does not have the capability to become airborne.
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