right next door to me.
actual symptoms!
http://www.channel3000.com/news/per...onitored-for-possible-ebola-symptoms/31097034
MADISON, Wis. - A person in Dane County is being monitored for possible Ebola symptoms, public health officials said Wednesday.
Public Health Madison & Dane County spokeswoman Amy Vieth said any travelers from West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have been monitored as a policy since last fall.
Approximately 30 people who traveled from those countries and returned to Dane County have been monitored by PHMDC, which means the agency checked in with those travelers daily to see if they were exhibiting symptoms of Ebola.
Meriter Hospital officials told News 3 Wednesday afternoon that a person was brought to Meriter on Monday when they became symptomatic. The patient is being monitored in an "enhanced isolation unit" for possible Ebola according to national protocols.
"It's important to immediately isolate the patient to eliminate any potential exposure to health care workers or the public," Meriter Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Geoff Priest said. "Once we have the patient isolated we keep them in a very strict enhanced isolation environment until we can confirm the disease is not present."
Meriter officials said the patient was given a baseline Ebola test on Monday, which came back negative.
The person will be tested again in a few days, but they will still be monitored for 21 days even if the test comes back negative, officials said.
This is the first case in Dane County since October in which someone who returned from one of the West African countries has shown symptoms. Vieth said this does not mean the person has the Ebola virus. It means the person will be monitored for the 21-day period.
"It is important to know that people can only get Ebola by direct contact with the body fluids of someone who has the disease and is showing symptoms of being ill," PHMDC said in a news release Wednesday afternoon.
Vieth said there is no risk to the public.
Right now, there are no cases of Ebola in the United States, according to the CDC. Four patients have had Ebola in the United States, and one person has died.
Four hospitals in Wisconsin have the capabilities to treat Ebola, including UW Hospital and American Family Children's Hospital in Madison and Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee.
For more information about Ebola visit www.cdc.gov/ebola. PHMDC also has Ebola information available on its website at www.publichealthmdc.com/ebola.
actual symptoms!
http://www.channel3000.com/news/per...onitored-for-possible-ebola-symptoms/31097034
MADISON, Wis. - A person in Dane County is being monitored for possible Ebola symptoms, public health officials said Wednesday.
Public Health Madison & Dane County spokeswoman Amy Vieth said any travelers from West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have been monitored as a policy since last fall.
Approximately 30 people who traveled from those countries and returned to Dane County have been monitored by PHMDC, which means the agency checked in with those travelers daily to see if they were exhibiting symptoms of Ebola.
Meriter Hospital officials told News 3 Wednesday afternoon that a person was brought to Meriter on Monday when they became symptomatic. The patient is being monitored in an "enhanced isolation unit" for possible Ebola according to national protocols.
"It's important to immediately isolate the patient to eliminate any potential exposure to health care workers or the public," Meriter Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Geoff Priest said. "Once we have the patient isolated we keep them in a very strict enhanced isolation environment until we can confirm the disease is not present."
Meriter officials said the patient was given a baseline Ebola test on Monday, which came back negative.
The person will be tested again in a few days, but they will still be monitored for 21 days even if the test comes back negative, officials said.
This is the first case in Dane County since October in which someone who returned from one of the West African countries has shown symptoms. Vieth said this does not mean the person has the Ebola virus. It means the person will be monitored for the 21-day period.
"It is important to know that people can only get Ebola by direct contact with the body fluids of someone who has the disease and is showing symptoms of being ill," PHMDC said in a news release Wednesday afternoon.
Vieth said there is no risk to the public.
Right now, there are no cases of Ebola in the United States, according to the CDC. Four patients have had Ebola in the United States, and one person has died.
Four hospitals in Wisconsin have the capabilities to treat Ebola, including UW Hospital and American Family Children's Hospital in Madison and Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee.
For more information about Ebola visit www.cdc.gov/ebola. PHMDC also has Ebola information available on its website at www.publichealthmdc.com/ebola.