A woman has been
quarantined at a hospital in Hong Kong after falling ill with Ebola-like
symptoms when she returned from a trip to Africa.
The patient, who is said
to be exhibiting symptoms similar to the deadly virus, is undergoing
tests to verify the cause of her illness, local media reported.
It comes as Foreign
Secretary Philip Hammond today declared the disease a 'very serious
threat' to Britain as he prepares to chair an emergency meeting on how
to bolster the country's defences against the vicious virus.
British airlines are on
alert for cases of the deadly virus, after tests revealed a man died in
Nigeria from the disease, having been allowed to board an international
flight from Liberia.
A British man has also been tested for the Ebola virus, putting doctors on red alert that it could be on its way to the UK.
A spokesman for Hong
Kong's Queen Elizabeth Hospital, said the Centre for Health Protection
(CHP) will be notified if it is confirmed the patient is suffering from
the Ebola virus.culled
In Nigeria health officials said today,they are in the process of tracing 30,000 people at risk of contracting the disease after coming into contact with a Liberian man who died on Friday.
Meanwhile, the British
man was taken to hospital in Birmingham after complaining of feeling
‘feverish’ on a flight back to the Midlands from West Africa.
*JESUSCHRISTOFNAZARETH!!!...30THOUSAND PEOPLE IN NIGERIA?
OH GOD Please spare my old Father,my family,my friends,all blog visitors,the world...I am in shock!
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