Ebola has shown up in one case in Canada after being spread through Guinea and Liberia. So far one person in Canada is reported to have Ebola. The Ebola virus up until now has been pretty much regulated to Africa before the report of one person in Canada. So far, there are about 50 people who have died from the Ebola outbreak in Guinea.
Possible Ebola case in Canada… Developing… http://t.co/iBWpBDKfOL
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) March 25, 2014
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Yahoo/AFP:
A man returning to Canada from Liberia is seriously ill in hospital after experiencing symptoms consistent with the Ebola virus that has killed dozens in Guinea, health officials have said.
The man has been placed in solitary confinement pending the expected results on Tuesday of tests on his condition. His family are in quarantine in Saskatchewan province, the local health ministry said in a statement.
“A diagnosis has not yet been confirmed. Measures have been taken to isolate the patient to ensure the illness is not transmitted,” the ministry said.
Public health officials earlier sought to contain people’s concerns, saying the risk to the public was low and noting that an investigation into the case’s circumstances was under way.
“All we know at this point is that we have a person who is critically ill who travelled from a country where these diseases occur,” Denise Werker, joint director of health in Saskatchewan, in western Canada, told reporters.