Want China Times, Xinhua 2014-08-14
A senior Chinese disease expert has called for caution regarding the Ebola outbreak but says there is no cause for panic, saying the virus is stable and does not mutate as easily as HIV and the flu.
China CDC staff with Chinese health experts during a training session in Beijing before departing for West Africa, Aug. 10. (File photo/Xinhua) |
A senior Chinese disease expert has called for caution regarding the Ebola outbreak but says there is no cause for panic, saying the virus is stable and does not mutate as easily as HIV and the flu.
Ebola,
which kills up to 90% of the people it infects, spreads through mucus and other
body fluids or secretions such as the stool, urine, saliva and semen of
infected people. The virus has claimed nearly 1,000 lives in West Africa,
mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The virus
is sensitive to heat and is killed by exposure to at least 60 degrees Celsius
for one hour, or boiling for five minutes, said Dong Xiaoping, researcher with
the virus department under the Chinese Center for Disease Control, on Tuesday.
Dong added
that many disinfectants, such as chlorine and ultraviolet radiation, are also capable
of killing the virus.
According
to the center, China has reported no Ebola infections so far but is
strengthening border checks and preventive measures.
China has
sent disease control experts as well as medical supplies to affected regions.
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