Nigerian man in Alicante hospital does not have Ebola, say doctors
Monday, August 18, 2014 @ 6:33 PM
A NIGERIAN national isolated in hospital in San Juan (Alicante province) has tested negative for the deadly Ebola virus, medics confirm.
The 30-year-old went to Alicante General Hospital with his sister, describing symptoms including vomiting, bleeding, a fever of 38.3ºC and a general feeling of being very unwell.
He had recently visited his home country, where several cases of the haemorrhagic virus – which has less than a 10% survival rate – have been reported, among which have been at least two deaths.
The patient and his sister were immediately isolated in separate, sealed-off wings.
Although the woman did not have any symptoms, she had been in close physical contact with her brother, meaning if he had been infected, she may well have caught the disease.
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