A person who recently returned to Austria from Uganda is isolating in hospital awaiting the results of further tests after the local health authority put out a statement
A person who recently returned to Austria from Uganda has been hospitalised after showing symptoms of the Ebola virus.
Although an initial test came back negative, the patient remains under observation and a health alert has been put out by local officials pending further tests.
The person is currently in hospital under observation in the Urfahr-Umgebung district in Austria.
A press release from the Provincial Health Directorate states: “Yesterday, a person from the Urfahr-Umgebung district was admitted to the hospital for inpatient evaluation due to symptoms of illness.
“Since the person returned from Uganda on Monday—a country currently affected by the ongoing Ebola outbreak—they were isolated and treated in accordance with medical guidelines.”
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