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Ebola outbreak: 'No confirmed or suspected Ebola in Ireland', health officials say following reports of patient in Dublin | |
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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 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 unidentified patient was being examined by consultants on Friday morning after showing flu-like symptoms that could herald the disease, the Journal reported. | |
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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