Canada - Hilton Hotel under quarantine after ill woman hospitalized in New Brunswick

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Hilton Hotel quarantine: Woman had visited a foreign country
Woman taken to Saint John hospital
CBC News Posted: Sep 07, 2014 1:43 PM AT Last Updated: Sep 07, 2014 4:11 PM AT

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People at the Hilton Hotel have been told not to leave. (Matthew Bingley/CBC)


The Hilton Hotel in Saint John, N.B., has been quarantined after a woman who just returned from a foreign country fell ill, according to a platoon chief on scene.

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Re: Canada - Hilton Hotel under quarantine after ill woman hospitalized in New Brunswick

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Hilton Hotel lockdown lifted in Saint John

Woman taken to Saint John hospital

CBC NewsPosted: Sep 07, 2014 1:43 PM AT|Last Updated: Sep 07, 2014 5:47 PM AT

The lockdown at the Hilton Hotel in Saint John, N.B., has been lifted after a woman who had just returned from Cameroon fell ill.
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Dr. Scott Giffin, a provincial medical officer of health in Saint John, says with all the media coverage many people's first concern was the Ebola virus.
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The woman remains in hospital.

Giffin says people frequently come back from tropical countries with diseases.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...ckdown-lifted-in-saint-john-1.2758493?cmp=rss