BREAKING NEWS:You can get EBOLA through sexual intercourse,WHO warns

Firstclass newsline gathered that the World Health Organisation has
issued an interim advice on the possibility of Ebola Virus of being
sexually transmitted.
The WHO had directed all Ebola survivors and their sexual partners to
receive counselling to guard against possible transmission of the
disease.
This was in a statement made available by WHO to newsmen in Lagos on Saturday.
It indicated that the sexual transmission of the Ebola Virus had yet
to be established.
WHO said, "The sexual transmission of the Ebola Virus from males to
females is a strong possibility, but has not yet been proven; less
probable, but theoretically possible.
"Studies have shown that Ebola virus can be isolated from semen up to
82 days after symptom onset.
"A recent case investigation identified genetic material (RNA) from
the virus by nucleic acid amplification tests (such as RT-PCR) 199
days after symptom onset.
"This is well beyond the period of virus detecting ability in the
blood of survivors and long after recovery from illness.
"The detection of virus genetic material many months after symptom
onset is assumed to reflect the continuing, or at least very recent,
presence of live and potentially transmissible Ebola virus."
More surveillance data and research are needed on the risks of sexual
transmission and particularly on the prevalence of viable and
transmissible virus in semen over time, WHO said.
WHO recommends that, in the interim, all Ebola survivors and their
sexual partners should receive counselling.
It added that this is to ensure safe sexual practices until their
semen has twice tested negative; and survivors should be provided with
condoms.
"Ebola survivors and their sexual partners should either abstain from
all types of sex or observe safe sex through correct and consistent
condom use until their semen has twice tested negative.
"Having tested negative, survivors can safely resume normal sexual
practices without fear of Ebola virus transmission," the statement
added.
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