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[GSIS] Urgent notice : Outbreak of Ebola

  • 임희정
  • 2014-08-08
  • 15472

Dear GSIS students

 

I’d like to share the below news with you. As you already know, some of people in Nigeria and USA who infected by Ebola from the area nearby Guinea, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone(South Africa) and it’s getting serious problem in the world recently.  

GSIS urges all GSIS students to avoid nonessential travel to those countries because of an unprecedented outbreak of Ebola.

Also, , I’d like to ask you to inform us immediately if you’ve been Guinea, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone and west Africa within one months.

 

What is the current situation?

An outbreak of Ebola has been ongoing in Liberia since March 2014. This outbreak also affects Guinea, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone and is the largest outbreak of Ebola in history. At least three Americans have been infected; two are health care workers in an Ebola clinic. Affected districts include Bomi, Bong, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Lofa, Margibi, Montserrado (including the capital city of Monrovia), Nimba, and River Cess. Instances of civil unrest and violence against aid workers have been reported in West Africa as a result of the outbreak. The public health infrastructure of Liberia is being severely strained as the outbreak grows.

 

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/warning/ebola-liberia

(For more details, please check the link. It’s very important news for all of us.)

 

Looking forward to hearing from you soon!

gsis@ajou.ac.kr