Russian, hospitalized in Primorye with suspected Ebola, SARS appeared ill. Another suspected case of Ebola has not been confirmed in Russia. This complained of feeling unwell passenger flight SU1702 «Aeroflot», flying from Moscow to Vladivostok. In this case, the man said that recently returned from Africa, where he worked as a volunteer — a nurse, «Red Cross», informs «Pacific Russia».

After such a declaration flight attendants isolated patient in the back of the plane, and the rest of the passengers were given gauze bandages. Upon arrival at the airport the plane had already waited physicians: a young man urgently taken to spetsgospital Ussuriysk, and all his companions (286 people) had a rapid diagnosis. Not identifying the passengers of any deviations, doctors let them go home for further outpatient care. Later, as reported by experts, is suspected Ebola proved himself sick.

«The results are negative. But the patient will remain in the hospital until the repeated negative results. At the moment, his condition is stable, SARS symptoms persist,» — «Interfax» in Rospotrebnadzor.

As explained in the department, tests for Ebola and other dangerous infectious diseases in men held the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology «Vector» in Novosibirsk.

«Currently Rospotrebnadzorom together with the government, the administration of President of the Republic of Guinea and the International Committee of the Red Cross checked the passenger statements about his work in the African region,» — said the representative of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being of the Russian Federation.

How to tell the employee of the Department of Health Primorye, in the words of the sick, in Africa it was nearly three months — from November to January. «He also claims to be a resident of Vladivostok. However, any of its documents, we have not yet seen» — she added.

In general, according to figures provided to «Interfax» the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova, only Russia was recorded about 40 cases of suspected Ebola virus, but none of them, fortunately, was not confirmed.

According to her, at the present time in our country has a regime of high sanitary-epidemiological monitoring of the passengers arriving from countries in West Africa. Monitoring, in particular, is carried out by means of special infrared that identify people with fever. In addition, she said, now in Russia is in full swing working on a vaccine against Ebola virus. Drug trials should begin this spring. First, test the vaccine in primates and, if all goes well, and has on people.

Meanwhile, the head of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) Vladimir Uiba, the risk of infection in the country itself is not so high. In Africa, as explained by the expert, the increased activity of the virus is largely preserved because of some specific traditions of the local population — such as tselovatelny rite and habit of eating jerky dog ​​bats (flying foxes), which are precisely among the carriers of the disease.

«Delivery can be, but still we say that there must be contact — through saliva or biological agent. Airborne path in question, although, as always, scientists have different positions. His reasons in our country there is no , intermediate host, either. Now the main thing — to cut off the source of infection, «- he said at a press conference in the central office of» Interfax «.

However, the fight against the virus Russian doctors are not only on its territory. In particular, in mid-January in Kindia (Guinea) Center opened microbiological research and treatment of diseases of epidemiological (TSMILEZ), built at the expense of the Russian company «Rusal» with the active assistance of the Russian Embassy in the capital of Guinea Conakry.

«The center is designed for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infectious and especially dangerous diseases, is one of the most modern medical facilities to combat acute viral disease in West Africa. The medical establishment includes infectious and provisionally hospitals, mobile laboratory, Department of Blood Transfusion and plasma. At the initial stage of its work center will specialize in the treatment of patients with Ebola, «- the press service of the Foreign Ministry.

In turn, in the FMBA of Russia to fight the Ebola virus have prepared four anti-epidemic emergency response teams.

«It’s a lot of work, since the lion’s share of people say that they do not need it, and they do not go there under any pretext,» — said Vladimir Uiba.

Therefore, according to him, the main criterion in the selection of experts, first of all, is the psychological readiness of people to work in such conditions.

«Also, people should be vaccinated, since, except for Ebola, there are a large number of fevers and protein vaccines are not harmless. Therefore, these four teams — a gold fund our rapid response,» — said the head of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency.

In general, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, to finance various projects in countries affected by the virus Russia (taking into account the planned contributions to WFP, UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, as well as multi-donor trust fund to respond to Ebola) has allocated more than $ 40 million.

«By agreement with the UN Mission for the emergency response to Ebola in West Africa working Russian transport companies. Stands ready specialized vehicles for the evacuation of Russian sanaviatsii infected» — leads the agency on his page on «Facebook» what the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Dmitry Maksimycheva.

In addition, the representative of the department said that since August last year in Guinea launched a specialized team of anti-epidemic.

«In December 2014, our specialists have completed the deployment in the Guinean town of Kindia Russian anti-epidemic hospital for 200 beds. The hospital is fully equipped, provided with the necessary medicines and is designed to provide high quality medical services to patients as Ebola and others not related to Ebola disease» — said Maksimychev.

As you know, the Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976 not far from the same river in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). Previously it was thought that it affects only the higher primates, however, as it turned out, this infectious agent is a serious threat to humans. Penetrating into the body through mucous membranes or microtrauma of the skin, the virus causes an acute hemorrhagic fever, accompanied by a sharp rise in temperature, extensive lesions of blood vessels and, as a consequence, multiple internal bleeding. In 90% of cases are fatal. So, at the moment, according to the WHO, in Africa from Ebola outbreak affected more than 22 thousand. People, of whom nearly nine thousand. Died.

Natalia Ponomareva, «Interfax»