The CCBOH is working with the Georgia Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control to provide the public with factual information about the Ebola virus.

The Ebola virus is NOT spread thorough the following …

• Casual contact
• Air
• Water
• Food grown or legally produced in the United States

Ebola is spread through direct contact with …

• Body fluids (blood, vomit, urine, feces, sweat, semen, spit or other fluids) of a person who is sick with or has died from Ebola
• Objects (needles, medical equipment) contaminated with the virus

Ebola can be spread to others after symptoms begin in an infected individual. Symptoms can appear from 2 to 21 days after direct exposure.  Symptoms include …

• Fever
• Headache
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Stomach pain
• Unexplained bleeding or bruising
• Muscle pain

 

Please see this flier for more information:

What You Need to Know About Ebola

For additional information visit www.dph.ga.gov/ebola