Patient in Utrecht has no Ebola – Telegraaf.nl

Patient in Utrecht has no Ebola – Telegraaf.nl

UTRECHT –

The patient Monday at the Emergency Hospital UMC Utrecht is investigated for suspected Ebola is again insulation. The symptoms do not fit an Ebola infection. This RIVM late Monday announced

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The patient had previously visited an area where Ebola prevails, but has not had contact with Ebola patients. Upon returning, he developed symptoms. In recent weeks, more patients who had had symptoms after returning from a risk for Ebola.

The RIVM points out that the medical staff and the nursing staff of the UMC Utrecht are prepared and trained for the care of patients with suspected Ebola. During the nursing care of such patients is there for visitors, staff and other patients not at risk of infection, according to the National Institute for Health and the Environment.

Ebola is contagious through direct unprotected contact with the patient or body fluids of an infectious patient. The spread of Ebola is prevented by ill people to quickly identify and isolate so that no new infections, according to the RIVM

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