US - Florida: Child hospitalized for ebola investigation - most likely flu - Miami - 1st test negative

[sharon sanders]

West African child hospitalized locally amid Ebola concerns
Posted: Oct 05, 2014 5:14 PM EDT
Updated: Oct 05, 2014 6:05 PM EDT



MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) -- A sick person under the age of 18 who traveled to the U.S. from West Africa has been admitted to two South Florida hospitals Sunday, sources said.

According to a source, the child was reportedly visiting South Florida and was in the area for some time. The source added that it is unlikely the child's illness is Ebola.

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"It's highly unlikely that there's anything more here than a flu," Levine continued, "but we want to be very proactive, very progressive."

Levine declined to give any more details about the child's symptoms, but said, "From what we have been told from the Florida Department of Health and the [Centers for Disease Control], very, very, extremely low risk."


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http://www.wsvn.com/story/26708865/west-african-child-hospitalized-locally-amid-ebola-concerns

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: US - Florida: Child hospitalized for ebola investigation - most likely flu - Miami

Re: US - Florida: Child hospitalized for ebola investigation - most likely flu - Miami

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"It's highly unlikely that there's anything more here than a flu," Levine continued, "but we want to be very proactive, very progressive."

Levine declined to give any more details about the child's symptoms, but said, "From what we have been told from the Florida Department of Health and the [Centers for Disease Control], very, very, extremely low risk."

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article2522088.html

 

[Helderflower]

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Re: US - Florida: Child hospitalized for ebola investigation - most likely flu - Miami

...has been admitted to two South Florida Hospitals...

I don't understand, to one hospital and then another? Transferred?

EDIT: Yes, transferred. It is in the linked articles. So eager to make a first post after lurking as a visitor for so long!

 

[JimO]

Re: US - Florida: Child hospitalized for ebola investigation - most likely flu - Miami

Re: US - Florida: Child hospitalized for ebola investigation - most likely flu - Miami

Welcome Helderflower. It's good to have you.

 

[Pathfinder]

Re: US - Florida: Child hospitalized for ebola investigation - most likely flu - Miami

Re: US - Florida: Child hospitalized for ebola investigation - most likely flu - Miami

JacksonHealthSystem@jacksonhealth ? 3 hrs3 hours ago

We take patient privacy serious and will not release info on potential patients w/o consent. We will provide info when available.

JacksonHealthSystem@jacksonhealth ? 3 hrs3 hours ago

We have been publicly forthcoming in asserting our readiness, have established & tested protocols to deal w/ infectious diseases like Ebola.

https://twitter.com/jacksonhealth

 

[MHSC]

Re: US - Florida: Child hospitalized for ebola investigation - most likely flu - Miami

Re: US - Florida: Child hospitalized for ebola investigation - most likely flu - Miami

I don't understand, to one hospital and then another? Transferred?

EDIT: Yes, transferred. It is in the linked articles. So eager to make a first post after lurking as a visitor for so long!

Which likely means the child was transferred from a main hospital to a pediatric hospital via ambulance.

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: US - Florida: Child hospitalized for ebola investigation - most likely flu - Miami

Re: US - Florida: Child hospitalized for ebola investigation - most likely flu - Miami

After Ebola scare in South Florida, mayor says test results negative

BY JOEY FLECHAS, KATHRYN VARN AND CARLI TEPROFFJFLECHAS@MIAMIHERALD.COM
10/05/2014 5:42 PM 10/06/2014 9:47 AM

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article2522088.html#storylink=cpy

 

[Pathfinder]

Re: US - Florida: Child hospitalized for ebola investigation - most likely flu - Miami - 1st test negative

Miami-Dade pursues quarantine plan after Ebola scare

By Patricia Mazzei -

10/07/2014 6:12 PM
| Updated:
10/07/2014 6:27 PM

Spooked after learning that a teenager visiting Miami Beach from Nigeria was tested over the weekend for the Ebola virus, county commissioners on Tuesday asked Mayor Carlos Gimenez to identify locations to quarantine potential patients in the future.
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The health department, a state agency with branches in every county, decided on its own on Sunday to ask the CDC to rule out Ebola in the latest case, Rivera said Tuesday. Results are expected Wednesday. A state test already came back negative.
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The last time Miami witnessed a citywide quarantine was in the late 19th century, according to research conducted by Gimenez?s staff, over an outbreak of yellow fever.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article2563859.html##storylink=cpy​