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Zimbabwe hospital closed to monitor suspected Ebola case
Health authorities shut down a hospital in the Zimbabwean capital on Thursday to isolate a patient who is being tested for Ebola, an official said.
Other patients in the 35-bed Wilkins Hospital had been transferred to alternative health facilities, Prosper Chonzi, the Harare municipality's director for health services, told AFP. "We cannot mix patients as you know and you really want trained medical people to monitor the patient," he said. Chonzi said specimens taken from the female patient, whose nationality and identity were not disclosed, had been sent to a laboratory in neighbouring South Africa.
"We are yet to get the results but it's unlikely that it will be Ebola," Chonzi said. The Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 3,900 people so far this year, mainly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Zimbabwe has not recorded any cases and health authorities are testing incoming travellers at airports.
http://reliefweb.int/report/zimbabwe/zimbabwe-hospital-closed-monitor-suspected-ebola-case
Health authorities shut down a hospital in the Zimbabwean capital on Thursday to isolate a patient who is being tested for Ebola, an official said.
Other patients in the 35-bed Wilkins Hospital had been transferred to alternative health facilities, Prosper Chonzi, the Harare municipality's director for health services, told AFP. "We cannot mix patients as you know and you really want trained medical people to monitor the patient," he said. Chonzi said specimens taken from the female patient, whose nationality and identity were not disclosed, had been sent to a laboratory in neighbouring South Africa.
"We are yet to get the results but it's unlikely that it will be Ebola," Chonzi said. The Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 3,900 people so far this year, mainly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Zimbabwe has not recorded any cases and health authorities are testing incoming travellers at airports.
http://reliefweb.int/report/zimbabwe/zimbabwe-hospital-closed-monitor-suspected-ebola-case
