A curious answer - what's he doing? How's he ensuring Gambia is quarantined ( it may not be most politically correct word)? How are they securing/monitoring entry and exit? Burama On Wednesday, October 8, 2014, Husainou < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > I will do exactly what the gentleman in The Gambia in charge of health > care is doing. Will be very vigilante ,avoid panic and no satire . > Hous > > > > > > On Oct 8, 2014, at 2:56 PM, Burama Jammeh <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> wrote: > > Hous > > Assumed you're The Chief Public Health Officer of The Gambia. > > Assumed a particular part of the world has an infectious > disease transferable through some human transaction. > > What would be your options to protect us? > > Burama > > > > On Wednesday, October 8, 2014, Husainou A Waggeh < > [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> > wrote: > >> Yes . What next to expect from politician and comedians who have done >> their best to incite fear . May Almighty Allah help in the fight against >> Ebola . News outlets have it that 5 U.S. airports will start screening >> passengers from Africa this weekend . Add this to the already >> discrimination the continent is already facing. >> Hous >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Oct 8, 2014, at 11:28 AM, Burama Jammeh <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >> News out that the Liberian Ebola patient in Dallas, Texas, passed away. >> >> Burama >> >> >> On Oct 6, 2014, at 9:23 PM, Husainou A Waggeh < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Ebola dampens Eid celebrations >> Last updated Oct 4, 2014, 11:16 AM EST >> [image: A resident in New Kru Town, Liberia, walks through the deserted >> streets - October 4, 2014] >> Officials across West Africa urged Muslims not to gather to celebrate Eid >> for fear of spreading Ebola further >> >> PCelebrations in West Africa for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha have >> been badly affected by the Ebola outbreak. >> >> Reports from Guinea say public places used for prayers are deserted while >> religious leaders in Sierra Leone told Muslims not to shake hands or >> embrace. >> >> Meanwhile, a French nurse who got the virus in Liberia has recovered >> after having experimental treatment in Paris. >> >> The outbreak is the world's deadliest and has killed more than 3,400 >> people. >> >> The government in Guinea, where about 85% of the country's 11 million >> population are Muslim, warned people not to hold large gatherings in fields >> and squares often used for prayers. >> >> Locals said Muslims were still slaughtering ceremonial sheep for Eid, but >> were doing so in smaller groups at their homes. >> >> In Sierra Leone, which also has a large Muslim population, the United >> Council of Imams reminded people to follow the government's advice to avoid >> bodily contact. >> [image: A health worker speaks to a quarantined boy at a hospital in >> Monrovia, Liberia - 3 October 2014] >> There have been nearly 7,500 confirmed cases although officials say the >> figure is likely to be much higher >> >> About 1.5 billion Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha, with >> some two million making the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi >> Arabia. >> >> Saudi officials said there were no cases of Ebola recorded among the >> pilgrims, despite fears the virus could find its way to Mecca. >> >> Ebola spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of someone who has >> the virus and the only way to stop an outbreak is to isolate those who are >> infected. >> >> There have been nearly 7,500 confirmed infections, with officials saying >> the figure is likely to be much higher in reality. >> >> Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have been hardest hit. There have also >> been cases in Nigeria and Senegal but both of those countries seem to have >> contained the outbreak there. >> >> Last week, US officials said a man who had recently returned to Texas >> from Liberia had contracted the disease but he was quickly isolated. >> >> On Saturday, the French health minister said a female nurse who had >> caught the virus while working for the medical charity Medecins Sans >> Frontieres (MSF) in Liberia had left hospital in Paris after recovering. >> >> The nurse, who has not been identified, "is now cured and has left >> hospital", Marisol Touraine said in a statement. >> >> She added that the woman had received several experimental treatments so >> it was not clear what effect each of them had had. >> >> A Senegalese medical expert who was infected in Sierra Leone has also >> been discharged from a hospital in the German city of Hamburg, the hospital >> said. >> [image: line] >> Ebola virus disease (EVD) >> [image: Ebola virus] >> >> • Symptoms include high fever, bleeding and central nervous system damage >> >> • Spread by body fluids, such as blood and saliva >> >> • Fatality rate can reach 90% - but current outbreak has mortality rate >> of about 70% >> >> • Incubation period is two to 21 days >> >> • There is no proven vaccine or cure >> >> • Supportive care such as rehydrating patients who have diarrhoea and >> vomiting can help recovery >> >> • Fruit bats, a delicacy for some West Africans, are considered to be >> virus's natural host >> BBC © 2014 >> Sent from my iPad >> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To >> unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web >> interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html >> >> To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >> http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact >> the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >> [log in to unmask] >> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >> >> >> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To >> unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web >> interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html >> >> To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >> http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact >> the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >> [log in to unmask] >> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >> >> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To >> unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web >> interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html >> >> To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >> http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact >> the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >> [log in to unmask] >> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >> > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web > interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the > List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web > interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the > List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤