Ebola is spread through close physical contact with infected people/AFP

The South Sudan Red Cross said it has taken up preparedness activities to respond to the Ebola Virus disease that has griped the neighboring Uganda.

SSRC said it has also received 300, 000 US dollars in funding from partners and deployed 240 trained volunteers to the border areas.

The border areas are Nimule border point, Kajo-Keji, Kaya, Morobo, Yei, Maridi, Yambio, and Juba

According to the organization, it received about one hundred and fifty-three thousand, eight hundred and twenty-four (153,824) US dollars from the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for preparedness activities.

And additional funding of thousand one hundred and seventy-five (149,175) dollars was donated by Danish Red Cross, Swedish Red Cross, and the Netherlands Red Cross.

“Our focus is on community awareness. We are using the available resources like our volunteers to engage with the communities and raise awareness within the population,” said the statement.

Red Cross says each of the hot spot areas will have 28 volunteers and two community specialists.

It says the teams will engage directly with communities through house-to-house visits, mass awareness of symptoms, and prevention of the Ebola Virus disease.

The volunteers also were trained on how to conduct safe and dignified burials, in case of an outbreak and a person dies of the disease.