A very scary report —
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/12/01/national/suspected-ebola-patient-isolated-in-karachi/?
KARACHI-
A suspected patient of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was quarantined on Monday in Karachi’s Jinnah Hospital, private media reported,
The patient is reported to have recently arrived from Liberia, Africa.
According to provincial health authorities, blood samples have been obtained from the isolated patient to test for EVD.
Last week, a man was initially suspected of dying of EVD. However, World Health Organization later clarified that he was not suffering from the deadly disease but had died of Hepatitis C and Dengue fever.
Ebola virus causes an acute, serious illness which is often fatal if untreated.
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