Posted on 12/02/2014 10:28:12 AM PST by Nancy29
ISLAMABAD: A 41-year-old man has been kept under isolation at PIMS Hospital in Islamabad on suspicion of contracting the deadly Ebola virus.
The patient, identified as Tasavvur Hussain, has been kept at an isolation ward in the hospital. However, he is not being observed by doctors as kits for protection of doctors are not available.
Hailing from Chakwal, Hussain returned from Uganda last month and was shifted from Shifa International Hospital to PIMS today.
According to initial reports, the patient has been isolated as a precaution owing to symptoms similar to that of Ebola, even though he has returned from Uganda which is not an Ebola-infected country.
This is the third suspected Ebola case in Pakistan. Yesterday, less than an hour after landing at Jinnah International Airport on Monday morning, 47-year-old Muhammad Haroon was rushed to the hospital. The airport’s health officials were certain he had the Ebola virus.
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Ebola in Pakistan is bad news.
That depends on your point of view ...
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Boom
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Appreciate the ping Joe.
I’m guessing it’s Marburg.
Country of origin is Uganda + symptoms similar to Ebola.
Thanks for the ping!
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