Uingereza: Uchunguzi wafanyika kubaini kama kuna mgonjwa wa Ebola

JanguKamaJangu · 2022-11-18T03:28:07+00:00

Sehemu ya eneo la Hospitali ya Colchester ilifungwa kwa muda kutokana na mgonjwa kuonekana ana dalili za awali za ugonjwa huo huku akiwa na historia ya kutembelea Bara la Afrika. Inaelezwa mgonjwa huyo alipata homa kali na akawa anavuja damu katika sehemu za mwili wake. Ikiwa itabainika kweli ana maambukizi itakuwa ni mgonjwa wa kwanza kubainika na maambukizo hayo Nchini Uingereza tangu ilivyotokea mwaka 2014, baada ya raia aliyesafiri kutoka Afrika Magharibi kurejea Uingereza akiwa na maambukizi ya Ebola. =============== Possible Ebola case investigated in UK Hospital partially closes amid concerns that a patient with a travel history to Africa was developing early symptoms of Ebola Health officials are investigating a potential Ebola case in Colchester, after a patient with suspected symptoms returned to Britain from Africa, where a strain of the deadly virus is circulating in Uganda. On Wednesday, part of Colchester Hospital in Essex was closed to new patients amid concerns that a patient with a travel history to Africa was developing early symptoms of Ebola, a deadly hemorrhagic fever. The Telegraph understands that officials at the UK Health Security Agency are testing the patient for a range of diseases as part of routine infection control protocol that kicks in when suspected cases emerge in travellers. In early October, the UK Government told doctors to be on high alert for potential symptoms and to stock up on personal protective equipment in case Ebola was exported to Britain, though they said the risk to the public was “very low”. If confirmed, this would be the first Ebola case detected in Britain since 2014, when two people were infected in West Africa before travelling to the UK – including Pauline Cafferkey, a Scottish nurse working to curb the outbreak, which killed 11,000 people. Both of those cases recovered. This would be the first case of the new Sudan strain of the virus, for which there is no approved vaccine. In a statement, Colchester Hospital said one clinical area had been temporarily closed “because of an infection control issue”, but that the centre was up and running as of 7am. “Thank you to all our patients and staff for their support yesterday afternoon when we had to temporarily close one clinical area at Colchester Hospital, the urgent treatment centre, to new patients. This was because of an infection control issue. The centre is now fully open,” the hospital said. Dr Meera Chand, UKHSA Director of Clinical and Emerging Infection added: “Individuals who have travelled recently and report illness are routinely assessed by NHS clinicians for a variety of infectious diseases.” Alongside Ebola, it is thought the patient is being tested for several other hemorrhagic fevers – including Lassa fever and Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic fever, which were detected in Britain in February and March respectively. he Telegraph understands that it will take a few days for test results to come through. Source: Telegraph

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Start date Nov 18, 2022
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