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Ebola outbreak: First suspected case in Ireland as 'Ebola patient' transferred to isolation unit Ebola outbreak: 'No confirmed or suspected Ebola in Ireland', health officials say following reports of patient in Dublin
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A person believed to have contracted the Ebola virus abroad is reportedly being treated in Ireland. Health authorities in Ireland have said there is "no case" of Ebola in the country following reports a patient believed to have contracted the disease abroad was being treated.
The unidentified patient was being transferred to Mater Hospital’s National Isolation Unit in Dublin on Friday morning, the Journal reported. The Health Service Executive (HSE) told The Independent there was no confirmed or suspected virus in the country, despite claims a person was being transferred to Mater Hospital’s National Isolation Unit in Dublin.
The paper confirmed that a room in the unit was being sealed with negative pressure to avoid spread of infection throughout the hospital in preparation for their arrival. The unidentified patient was being examined by consultants on Friday morning after showing flu-like symptoms that could herald the disease, the Journal reported.
Opened in 2008, the unit was designed to handle hazardous and highly infectious diseases like viral hemorrhagic fever, including Ebola, Sars, pandemic flu and bioterrorism. The paper claimed that a room in the unit was being sealed with negative pressure to avoid spread of infection throughout the hospital in preparation for their arrival.
“The National Isolation Unit in the Mater Hospital is used for patients with a variety of infectious diseases. Negative pressure is a feature of this specialist facility, as part of normal infection control procedures,” a HSE spokesperson said.
She said the national health protection and surveillance centre had been alerted to the Ebola outbreak in March and was following World Health Organisation guidelines.
Opened in 2008, the  National Isolation Unit was designed to handle hazardous and highly infectious diseases like viral hemorrhagic fever, including Ebola, Sars, pandemic flu and bioterrorism.
It contains two “high specification” and four standard negative pressure rooms where diseases can be contained.It contains two “high specification” and four standard negative pressure rooms where diseases can be contained.
An outbreak of the deadly virus in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria has so far killed more than 1,000 people.An outbreak of the deadly virus in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria has so far killed more than 1,000 people.
The first European victim was a Spanish priest who contracted Ebola while working at a hospital in Liberia.The first European victim was a Spanish priest who contracted Ebola while working at a hospital in Liberia.
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