“The answers to samples taken by the possible Ebola infected patient were negative. There is no reason to believe that he is the Ebola infected. The patient is still routinely at the hospital some time to come in line with the guidelines of Public Health, “writes Haukeland University said in a statement Sunday morning.
The man who now has come to determined that he is not infected with Ebola, had been in Sierra Leone, one of the three countries that have had the most Ebola cases in connection with the big eruption in 2014.
The alarm went
University Hospital were put on alert when suspicions about a possible Ebola infection appeared.
Infectious Disease Consultant Øystein Søbstad of Bergen confirmed that also Helse Bergen were put on alert.
The preparatory themselves to check all persons who could have been in contact with the man who had been in Sierra Leone.
Unclear what triggered the alarm
It appears Sunday morning somewhat unclear what actually triggered Ebola drama in Bergen. Søbstad could not answer Bergens Tidende on whether the patient had symptoms that could indicate ebola.
– Have you symptoms, can be infected by close contact. But we should remember that this is just a preliminary suspicion. And a number of diseases gives the same symptoms as Ebola in the initial phase, it also includes influenza and a number “winter diseases” which is currently said Søbstad Saturday night.
Bergen was willing to run implement contingency plans in the municipality. All that could have been infected had in that case have been taken into isolation for 21 days. It is considered as the maximum incubation period for this disease.
Asked about Haukeland was equipped to take care of the situation he replied absolute: – We have had quite a thorough training in this; Ebola has been discussed since the summer.
Have been in Sierra Leone
Høgli informs that person should have been in Sierra Leone. There is not talking about a person who is employed as a professional at the hospital.
– This is a person who has been in Sierra Leone. Stay votes temporal that it might be Ebola. But it is not a person who has been sent out as health workers, says Høgli.
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