World Health Organization (WHO) has today advised men who recover
from Ebola to abstain from sex for 3 months in order to minimize the risk of
passing the virus in their semen.
In a statement WHO says “Because of the potential to
transmit the virus sexually during this time , they should maintain good
personal hygiene after masturbation, and either abstain from sex (including
oral sex) for three months after onset
of symptoms , or use condoms if abstinence is not possible.”
Ebola, a disease that has infected almost 16,000 people and killed
about 5,689 in West Africa spreads through body fluids such as blood,
saliva and faeces.
Although sexual transmission of the Ebola virus has never
been documented, the virus has been detected in the survivor’s semen.
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