Philippines ex Sierra Leone: 15 workers negative for Ebola

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http://english.cntv.cn/2014/08/02/VIDE1406955241574888.shtml?

Phillippines reports possible Ebola cases
CCTV.com

08-02-2014 12:56 BJT

The Phillipines has reported the country's first suspected cases of the Ebola virus. According to the country's health officials, seven workers who returned to the Phillipines from Sierra Leone are showing symptoms symilar to that of the tropical virus.

There are currently over 1,300 suspected cases worldwide. The World Health Organization says there is little risk of the virus spreading outside of West Africa, but countries outside of the affected region are still taking precautions to prevent a spread.

The outbreak is the biggest since Ebola first emerged in Africa nearly 40 years ago. So far, more than 700 people have died in West Africa.

 

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Re: Philippines ex Sierra Leone: 7 workers under investigation for possible Ebola

Re: Philippines ex Sierra Leone: 7 workers under investigation for possible Ebola

Hat-tip Pixie. Given the timing, I would expect these patients to have recovered or died by now if this were Ebola:

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/108717/doh-monitoring-20-ofws-from-ebola-hit-west-africa

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Ona said the Health Emergency Management Staff of the DOH is monitoring daily the health condition of the seven overseas workers, who arrived between June 26 and July 15, from Sierra Leone.

 

[Nika]

Re: Philippines ex Sierra Leone: 7 workers under investigation for possible Ebola

Re: Philippines ex Sierra Leone: 7 workers under investigation for possible Ebola

Its meant to be a 21 day fever watch / quarantine right? 21 days goes back to Jul 13th

 

[Donners]

Re: Philippines ex Sierra Leone: 7 workers under investigation for possible Ebola

Re: Philippines ex Sierra Leone: 7 workers under investigation for possible Ebola

Hm, that's a very different spin on this article.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/625689/ebola-watch-7-filipinos-from-africa-checked-daily

15 people came from Sierra Leone over the space of several weeks.

They were contacted regularly to see if they were unwell.

Three became unwell; they were tested for Ebola and were cleared.

Seven are still being monitored, presumably because they are within the incubation period.
There's no suggestion any of them have symptoms.

Suy said it was not necessary for the DOH to check up all of the seven personally, as the close monitoring it had been conducting since their arrival were part of the standard precautions.

He said the workers were being monitored only because they came from an Ebola-stricken country.