Ebola outbreaks can be controlled by adopting protective measures recommended by health professionals and applying a series of community interventions .
Infection control procedures include proper case management, surveillance of sick people, identification of laboratories for safe diagnosis and burial practices .
To avoid infecting anyone else in the community, suspected or confirmed cases must be isolated from other patients. Furthermore, the sick subjects must be carefully monitored by the doctors and subjected to tests to ensure that the virus is no longer circulating before they return home.
