Release date: 2014-12-30
Peter Piot, a scientist who helped discover the Ebola virus, said the Ebola crisis in West Africa is likely to continue until the end of 2015.
On December 28 last year, two-year-old Emile Ouamouno died in the remote village of Meliandou in southern Guinea, where she had fever, headache and diarrhea. His three-year-old sister, mother and grandmother also passed away in the next few days.
According to the WHO, the above-mentioned deaths did not attract attention, and the outbreak was not noticed. Until March of this year, Guinean health officials began to realize that worrying situations are happening.
The Ebola epidemic never occurred in West Africa before, and the epidemic was confirmed only after a certain period of time. The outbreak, mainly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, has claimed more than 7,500 lives and the number of infected patients is close to 19,500.
In August, WHO announced that the Ebola outbreak was a “public health emergency of international concernâ€.
Peter Piot, dean of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said efforts to stop the spread of the virus are making progress, but it will take time to develop the Ebola vaccine. Piot was a member of the Ebola virus team discovered in 1976.
"This epidemic will continue for a long time... We need to be prepared for long-term efforts and may continue to work throughout 2015," Piot told the BBC on Wednesday.
Piot, who has just returned from Sierra Leone, said that the Ebola virus outbreak in Liberia has reached its peak. According to WHO data, 3,376 people have died in Ebola.
He said that the epidemic in Sierra Leone may reach its peak in the next few weeks. The country’s confirmed cases accounted for nearly half of the total number of confirmed cases in West Africa, with 2,556 deaths.
“With the help of the UK, Sierra Leone has established treatment centers throughout the country. It is no longer possible to see patients dying on the street,†Piot said. He once criticized the WHO for coping with this epidemic.
He also said that it is very important to develop a vaccine.
Source: Reuters
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