Re: Denmark tests medical worker for Ebola, test results negative
Re: Denmark tests medical worker for Ebola, test results negative
Newsreport from DR (formerly: Danmarks Radio) Denmark's national broadcasting corporation.
Google translated; danish to english:
http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2014/10/16/171836.htm
KL. 18:24
By Mette Pedersen Stender
Ebola sample negative: Employee still under suspicion
Employee from Doctors Without Borders is not immediately affected by Ebola.
The deadly Ebola has not come to Denmark.
All eyes have rested Thursday afternoon at Statens Serum Institut, while it has tested the blood of a team from Doctors Without Borders, who has just returned from West Africa, and Thursday was hospitalized with fever at Hvidovre Hospital.
And the first test is negative. The message was Torben Mogensen, vice president at Hvidovre Hospital, when DR was ready to interview him in front of the hospital.
- We have a negative test for Ebola, says Torben Mogensen.
Still suspected Ebola
But even if he can breathe a sigh of relief, the danger has not yet passed.
New research shows that it may take a few days from the time you see the first symptoms to illness can actually be detected in the blood.
Therefore be there Friday even a blood test, and the answer is expected later Friday afternoon. Therefore, he is still embedded in the insulation.
But even though the deputy director yet the final proof that the employee is free of Ebola, he is confident.
- The latest recommendations are that we take a new test tomorrow afternoon. But it is a very good sign that this test is negative, says Torben Mogensen.
Employee just returned home in West Africa
The fever affected employee has just returned from West Africa, where he has worked in connection with the recent outbreak of Ebola.
It was the employee while at home in Denmark found a feverish and therefore went to authorities.
But the Danes, who cares for Ebola can take it easy - regardless of the answer of the second test Friday.
Ebola spreads hardly in Denmark
There is virtually no risk that Ebola spreads to the Danish society.
- One becomes infected with Ebola, if you have been in contact with someone who has the disease, said Dr. National Board of Health Annlize Troest.
Additionally contagious Ebola only when there are clear on symptoms of Ebola.
- Ebola is not transmitted through normal social contact. It infects only if you have been in contact with body fluids of someone who has been ill, says Annlize Troest.
This is the second time in two weeks that Hvidovre Hospital has a patient with suspected Ebola. On 2 October, a DR employee admitted to the hospital, but the tests were negative.
this thread should have bin in the ebola news thread, so please could a moderator move this thread?
