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Source: http://www.thenewage.co.za/Detail.aspx?news_id=135101&cat_id=1007
Aug 17 2014 9:29PM
SA man admitted in hospital for Ebola tests
A 37-year-old South African man, working as health and safety officer in a mining operation in Liberia, was admitted to hospital on Sunday, the department of health said.
Spokesman Joe Maila said the man arrived in the country on August 6. "He was scanned as normal routine in accordance with screening protocols for incoming travellers at the OR Tambo International Airport," he said in a statement.
"He was healthy on arrival and the scanner revealed no problem nor raised temperature." He said the man had no contact with any patients while in Liberia and he was not involved in patient care.
On August 16, the man went to his general practitioner due to fever, said Maila. "Following on the protocols issued to all private and public practitioners and health facilities, the doctor contacted the National Institute for Communicable Diseases [NICD] to discuss the patient...
...He said the NICD regarded the patient as low risk for the Ebola virus disease...
Aug 17 2014 9:29PM
SA man admitted in hospital for Ebola tests
A 37-year-old South African man, working as health and safety officer in a mining operation in Liberia, was admitted to hospital on Sunday, the department of health said.
Spokesman Joe Maila said the man arrived in the country on August 6. "He was scanned as normal routine in accordance with screening protocols for incoming travellers at the OR Tambo International Airport," he said in a statement.
"He was healthy on arrival and the scanner revealed no problem nor raised temperature." He said the man had no contact with any patients while in Liberia and he was not involved in patient care.
On August 16, the man went to his general practitioner due to fever, said Maila. "Following on the protocols issued to all private and public practitioners and health facilities, the doctor contacted the National Institute for Communicable Diseases [NICD] to discuss the patient...
...He said the NICD regarded the patient as low risk for the Ebola virus disease...
