Ebola is scary – it’s a very serious rare disease
Africa is the world’s 2nd largest continent. At 30 million square kilometers, it is SO large that United States fits inside of it 3 times over!
And yet infrequent outbreaks of Ebola affecting the West coast of Africa (specifically the countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea) have some people cancelling safaris to this vast continent.
If you’re going on safari, you are going to be a very, very long way from these countries – in many cases, even further from them than you were before you left home.
Here are some places that are closer to the Ebola outbreak than the popular safari countries of South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana and so on:
London, England – 2 924 miles / 4 707km from Ebola
Paris, France – 2 780 miles / 4 474km
Rome, Italy – 2 794 miles / 4 497km
Barcelona, Spain – 2 292 miles / 3 688km
Is Ebola keeping you from travelling to these places?
Only a crazy person would warn you against visiting Rome, London or Paris because of Ebola, yet they are both closer and receive a higher volume of West African travel than typical safari destinations.
Get a clear perspective on where the outbreak is happening.
Have a look at our map below for a clear, realistic perspective on where outbreaks have occurred, in relation to where you would travel to on safari.
Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness affecting humans and other primates. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals (such as fruit bats, porcupines and non-human primates) and then spreads in the human population through direct contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and with surfaces and materials (e.g. bedding, clothing) contaminated with these fluids.
For more information: World Health Organisation
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