MEXICO CITY, November 17 (EL UNIVERSAL).- UK health authorities are investigating a possible Ebola case at Colchester Hospital, after a patient returning to the UK developed symptoms similar to Ebola after traveling to Africa.
According to British newspaper The Telegraph, Colchester Hospital in Essex closed its doors to new patients because patients entering the property had a history of travel to Africa, where the strain of the virus is circulating in Uganda.
As of this Thursday, health authorities are examining patients through various studies to rule out various diseases. However, if confirmed, this would be the first Ebola case detected in the UK since 2014.
In a statement, Colchester Hospital announced that the clinical area had been temporarily closed “due to infection control issues”, but that the rest of the facility would continue to operate normally.
“Thank you to all our patients and staff for your support yesterday afternoon when we had to temporarily close the clinical area at Colchester Hospital, an emergency care center, for new patients. This was due to infection control issues. The center is now fully open,” the statement said. hospital.
Meanwhile, Dr Meera Chand, UKHSA Director of Clinical and Emerging Infections, said: “NHS doctors routinely test people who have recently traveled and reported illness for a variety of communicable diseases.”
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