First suspected case of Ebola in Tunisia, in stable condition - False alarm

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The first suspected case of Ebola in Tunisia, in stable condition

News, Society | Rabaa H | October 21, 2014 at 15:42

Health monitoring services in Tunisia are the first to detect suspected cases of Ebola atteine ​​in the country. Tunisian undocumented arrived today in Enfidha Airport after being expelled from Italy. His condition left suspected he had contracted Ebola. Medical services are on alert and citizens caught in a state of panic.

He is currently hospitalized in the Farhat Hached hospital in Sousse. He is followed closely, with a suspicious fever.

Reached by Digital Tunisia, President of the National Observatory of new and emerging diseases, Dr Noureddine Achour said he is in stable condition.

He added that it is impossible at present to identify whether it is an infection with the Ebola virus. It was not until two days before the signs develop, said Noureddine Achour stating that medical services have not yet if his fever is suspicious or normal.

A blood test will be performed at the reference laboratory in Lyon, said Achour by wanting reassurance about the status of young undocumented.

The undocumented arrived Tuesday at the Enfidha Airport sowing a state of panic. He is from Tataouine.

Conclusion: Good and bad news. The good is the reactivity and selectivity of the screening placed at airports by the health services. And the bad thing is that here does not happen to others, as seemed to believe the minister of health that has never ceased to ensure that there was virtually no risk to Tunisia .

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Ebola: The first suspected case in Sousse in Tunisia

October 21, 2014 at 17:26

Maher T., suspected of being infected with Ebola virus was conducted Monday, October 20, 2014, to Farhat Hached Hospital in Sousse. The first results seem reassuring.

The young man was on board of a plane from Rome, which landed last night at Enfidha International Airport. He was accompanied by several other Tunisian undocumented, expelled from Italy.

Maher, 26, a native of Tataouine (south), had symptoms of infection by the Ebola virus, which caused panic at the airport.

Indeed, the medical staff at the airport refused to intervene, before resigning to transfer the boy to the hospital. Contacted by Kapital, the infectious diseases has confirmed that the patient is being monitored.

"We can not confirm if he is infected, or not, as the Ebola virus appears in the analyzes only after 48 hours," said our interlocutor, who thinks of a false alarm, adding that the hospital is not ready for this kind of patient.

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Suspected Ebola Case at Enfidha airport: False alarm!

A CHENNOUFI Posted in Tunivisions the 10/21/2014

The suspect Ebola case in a Tunisian returned from Italy was a false alarm, and the information was denied today, Tuesday 21 October 2014 by Amel Allagui Nouira, Regional Director of Health of Sousse.

Regional official said the person in question has undergone a series of tests at the hospital Farhat Hached in Sousse, and, soon as he arrived at the airport of Enfidha-Hammamet and after verification, it was proved proved that he is not contaminated with the virus, but it was a simple flu.

For his part, the Director of Health Protection within the Department of Health said the patient, from Italy, was held on arrival in Tunisia under observation in the hospital because of his high temperature .

Recall that in this context, the Minister of Health, Mohamed Salah Ben Ammar, had said, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, following a meeting between the President of the WHO, Arab health ministers and the head of government, certain diseases such as Ebola require coordination and solidarity between countries of the region to act effectively against a possible outbreak.

http://www.turess.com/fr/tunivisions/55891