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Possible Ebola case closes section of RVH: Barrie police

CTV Barrie

Published Saturday, April 4, 2015 5:35PM EDT
Last Updated Saturday, April 4, 2015 7:41PM EDT

According to Barrie police, a section of Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre has been closed off because of a possible case of Ebola.

Simcoe County Paramedics confirm with CTV Barrie that the hospital will be holding a news conference at 8:30 p.m.to provide an update.

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http://barrie.ctvnews.ca/possible-ebola-case-closes-section-of-rvh-barrie-police-1.2312069

 

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Source: http://globalnews.ca/news/1921816/suspected-ebola-patient-being-treated-in-ontario/


Updated: April 4, 2015 10:03 pm
Suspected Ebola patient being treated in Toronto
By Staff Global News

Health authorities in Ontario are not taking any chances on a suspected Ebola case this evening in Barrie Ontario. The Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie said it is transferring a patient who had recently returned from West Africa to Ontario?s designated Ebola response centre at Sunnybrook Health Centre in Toronto...

 

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Source: http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/ontario-patient-tests-negative-for-ebola-1.2312270


Ontario patient tests negative for Ebola
CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Saturday, April 4, 2015 8:07PM EDT
Last Updated Sunday, April 5, 2015 7:17AM EDT

An Ontario patient has tested negative for Ebola at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.

The patient had returned to Canada from West Africa about 10 days ago and was put into isolation as a precaution when symptoms began to appear. The individual originally went to a Barrie, Ont., hospital with flu-like symptoms, and was transferred to Sunnybrook amid fears that the person was sick with Ebola.

Sunnybrook spokesperson Craig DuHamel says the patient's blood test results came back with no trace of Ebola...