{"id":48900,"date":"2026-06-03T23:53:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=48900"},"modified":"2026-06-03T23:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:08:18","slug":"ministry-places-high-alert-for-prevention-and-control-of-ebola-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/ministry-places-high-alert-for-prevention-and-control-of-ebola-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry places high alert for prevention and control of Ebola virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Kathmandu, June 3: The Ministry of Health and Food Safety has placed high alert for the prevention and control of Ebola virus outbreak in Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Spokesperson at the Ministry, Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari, said that the ministry adopted high alert measures to avert possible risks and threats from the Ebola virus epidemic as the contagion spread in African countries may be menacing to Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, high alert measures, including surveillance have been placed at Tribhuvan International Airport and the bordering areas. \u201cWe are far from the country where the infection has been detected. Nevertheless, we have adopted high alert measures to prevent the entry of the virus into Nepal,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cDiscussions have also been held regarding treatment management and infection control measures, along with orientation for health workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He shared ongoing coordination to make necessary arrangement and standards for Nepalis who may go to Ebola outbreak areas.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency of international concern with Ebola outbreak as a serious threat to human being.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry has deployed health workers at possible entry points where infected individuals could enter Nepal and made arrangement for testing suspected patients, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Till this date, there has been no confirmation of Ebola virus infection in Nepal. The symptoms include sudden high fever, feeling extremely weak, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, headache, muscle and throat pain, skin rashes, and effects on liver and kidney function.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, June 3: The Ministry of Health and Food Safety has placed high alert for the prevention and control of Ebola virus outbreak in Nepal. Assistant Spokesperson at the Ministry, Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari, said that the ministry adopted high alert measures to avert possible risks and threats from the Ebola virus epidemic as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48901,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48900\/revisions\/48901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}