Ebola is one of the diseases caused by a virus called filovirus. Ebola has several types but the main types are Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Côte d’Ivoire, Ebola Bundibugyo and Ebola Reston.

It is transmitted mainly through direct contact with the blood, secretions, organs, fluids and bodies of an infected person. Ebola can kill an entire family, health staff and a society if they do not wear protective facilities whenever there is an outbreak.

Ebola is characterised by too much fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and internal and external bleeding.

The disease has no specific vaccination. But the doctors administer symptomatic treatments to people suffering from the disease to reduce pain and prevent dehydration.