Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9 2014
Again possible case of Ebola in Netherlands
In the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, someone is administered that might be infected with the Ebola virus. It is someone with symptoms of the disease who has been in various risk areas in West Africa, according to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).
Fifth suspicion
At the RIVM it is not yet known whether it is a man or woman. The person became unwell this afternoon in a car in a parking lot along the A27 highway. An emergency team then brought the person to the hospital in Rotterdam.
It is the fifth time that a person with a suspected Ebola is hospitalised in the Netherlands. After investigation none of them had the disease.
The only confirmed Ebola case in the Netherlands is a member of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Liberia.. He entered Saturday at the University Medical Center Utrecht. How his condition is, is not known.
NOS
According to a local media report it is a woman from Belgium, with 2 more passengers. She had a fever and flu-like symptoms. Test results expected in a few days.
Again possible case of Ebola in Netherlands
In the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, someone is administered that might be infected with the Ebola virus. It is someone with symptoms of the disease who has been in various risk areas in West Africa, according to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).
Fifth suspicion
At the RIVM it is not yet known whether it is a man or woman. The person became unwell this afternoon in a car in a parking lot along the A27 highway. An emergency team then brought the person to the hospital in Rotterdam.
It is the fifth time that a person with a suspected Ebola is hospitalised in the Netherlands. After investigation none of them had the disease.
The only confirmed Ebola case in the Netherlands is a member of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Liberia.. He entered Saturday at the University Medical Center Utrecht. How his condition is, is not known.
NOS
According to a local media report it is a woman from Belgium, with 2 more passengers. She had a fever and flu-like symptoms. Test results expected in a few days.