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First Deadly Ebola Virus Patient in Honduras Taken to Hospital ? AFP 2015/ Orlando SIERRA
LATIN AMERICA
09:42 14.03.2015(updated 10:47 14.03.2015)
Authorities in Honduras raised the alarm following the hospitalization of a foreign citizen suspected of contracting the deadly Ebola virus, Minister of Health Yolany Batres said.
MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) ? According to the official, the unidentified patient was taken to a hospital late Friday in the city of Comayagua after exhibiting symptoms similar to Ebola. There, the US citizen, who has reportedly travelled to West Africa prior to arriving in Honduras this week, was isolated and placed under the supervision of trained physicians.
Later in the day, Deputy Minister of Health Francis Contreras confirmed this was the first suspected case of Ebola in the Central American country, but reassured the situation is under the control of authorities.
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/latam/20150314/1019482752.html#ixzz3UNEHRJBp
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Honduras active health care protocols for a patient suspected of having Ebola
Europa Press - 9:13 - 03/14/2015
Health authorities in Honduras Friday protocols have been activated against Ebola, a disease that has ravaged Africa due to an American man who came from Liberia and had fever.
The American, 66, whose identity has not been revealed, entered Honduras last March 11 through Tegucigalpa airport, where he was asymptomatic, and moved to Comayagua, 65 miles north, to visit his family , as reported by Reuters an official of Health.
"The patient arrived Friday the clinic with a fever of 38 degrees and was subjected to tests whose results indicate that you have a bacterial infection, but is isolated due to their origin from an African country," added Dr. Juviny Ochoa, one of the owners of the private hospital where the patient is hospitalized.
The man came from Liberia, where he worked, and passed by the United States before arriving in Honduras.
"They have adopted international health protocols to deal with such cases preventing any situation due to the origin of this person Africa," added Deputy Health Minister, Francis Contreras.
http://www.economiahoy.mx/sociedad-...spechoso-de-tener-ebola.html#.Kku8CMNufVVEb68
LATIN AMERICA
09:42 14.03.2015(updated 10:47 14.03.2015)
Authorities in Honduras raised the alarm following the hospitalization of a foreign citizen suspected of contracting the deadly Ebola virus, Minister of Health Yolany Batres said.
MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) ? According to the official, the unidentified patient was taken to a hospital late Friday in the city of Comayagua after exhibiting symptoms similar to Ebola. There, the US citizen, who has reportedly travelled to West Africa prior to arriving in Honduras this week, was isolated and placed under the supervision of trained physicians.
Later in the day, Deputy Minister of Health Francis Contreras confirmed this was the first suspected case of Ebola in the Central American country, but reassured the situation is under the control of authorities.
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/latam/20150314/1019482752.html#ixzz3UNEHRJBp
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Translation Google
Honduras active health care protocols for a patient suspected of having Ebola
Europa Press - 9:13 - 03/14/2015
Health authorities in Honduras Friday protocols have been activated against Ebola, a disease that has ravaged Africa due to an American man who came from Liberia and had fever.
The American, 66, whose identity has not been revealed, entered Honduras last March 11 through Tegucigalpa airport, where he was asymptomatic, and moved to Comayagua, 65 miles north, to visit his family , as reported by Reuters an official of Health.
"The patient arrived Friday the clinic with a fever of 38 degrees and was subjected to tests whose results indicate that you have a bacterial infection, but is isolated due to their origin from an African country," added Dr. Juviny Ochoa, one of the owners of the private hospital where the patient is hospitalized.
The man came from Liberia, where he worked, and passed by the United States before arriving in Honduras.
"They have adopted international health protocols to deal with such cases preventing any situation due to the origin of this person Africa," added Deputy Health Minister, Francis Contreras.
http://www.economiahoy.mx/sociedad-...spechoso-de-tener-ebola.html#.Kku8CMNufVVEb68