Shocking!Ebola epidemic may be closer to you according to new statistics

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While the rest of the world is battling economics crises claiming they are living beyond their means as a result of inflated taxes, there are those frequently under attack of an epidemic disease that is hindering their smile on a daily.

The situation has recently been reported critical with fears over its spread.Hundreds of health workers in South Sudan will be given Ebola vaccinations amid fears the virus will spread from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Official statistics show the death toll in the African nation battling the second biggest Ebola outbreak in history has reached 285.

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No cases have been confirmed in neighbouring South Sudan yet, but the country is on ‘high alert’, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

More than 2,000 healthcare and frontline workers in the country will be offered a vaccine to try and stop the spread.

Teams of vaccinators are ready to conduct the vaccinations, starting in the capital, Juba, on December 19.

The UN Refugee Agency warns there is an influx of Congolese refugees seeking shelter in South Sudan because of conflict in the DRC.

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A ‘ring vaccination’ strategy will be used, where every contact of an Ebola case, including health workers and family members, is traced and vaccinated.

Those vaccinated are followed up and monitored closely for 21 days.

The experimental vaccine that will be used, known as rVSV-ZEBOV, targets the Ebola virus-Zaire strain, the one ravaging the DRC now.

The vaccine, which the WHO said is highly effective, first went on trial during the Ebola pandemic four years ago, which killed more than 11,300 people.

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Uganda and Rwanda, which also border the DRC, are also considered to be at ‘very high risk’ of the deadly viral disease.

Ebola can be transmitted between humans through blood, secretions and other bodily fluids of people – and surfaces – that have been infected.

The African country’s Ebola outbreak, which began in August, is showing no signs of slowing down. Almost 500 people are feared to have been struck down.

Aid workers are also battling the Ebola outbreak alongside a spike in malaria cases at the same time, health chiefs have previously warned.

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Experts say people suffering from Ebola and malaria are becoming mixed up, making it more difficult to control the fast-spreading virus.

Figures show the disproportionate number of women and children infected during this outbreak, considered a concern by the WHO.

The outbreak has been plagued by security problems, with health workers attacked by rebels in districts where the virus has been spreading.

Health workers had to be evacuated from their hotel after it was hit by a shell in a nearby armed rebel attack last month.

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