Caracas, 16 Oct. AVN.- Venezuela's foreign minister, Rafael Ramirez, gave Thursday a $5 million contribution for the United Nations (UN) fund for research on the Ebola virus. This fund also seeks to undertake a support plan for infected countries.
The information was provided through the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry via Twitter: "Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez at the UN meets commitment by President Nicolas Maduro in international fight against Ebola."
The humanitarian contribution was received by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon. "Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez makes donation to international fund against Ebola in meeting with Ban Ki-moon," says another message from @vencancilleria.
This contribution was announced on 25 September by President Nicolas Maduro, while participating in the 69th UN General Assembly, held at its headquarters in New York.
The latest report of the World Health Organization (WHO), released on Friday, October 10 in Geneva, reveals that the Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people.
The agency has estimated that the two vaccines probably chosen as a system of immunization against the virus will be ready by the end of March 2015.
The first of the two vaccines, cAd3-ZEBOV, developed by GlaxoSmithKline in collaboration with the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The second, rVSV-ZEBOV, was developed by the Canadian Agency for Public Health.
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, all located in West Africa, are the most affected by the outbreak of the virus, while in Germany, USA and Spain there have been specific cases of Ebola.
Ebola is a viral disease with a mortality rate of up to 90%. The first symptoms of the disease include sudden onset of fever, weakness and muscle pain, headache and sore throat. Later, symptoms progress to vomiting, diarrhea, impaired kidney and liver function and sometimes internal and external bleeding.
The virus is spread through contact with the organs and body fluids such as blood, saliva, urine and other secretions of infected persons.
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