UNMH patient being tested for Ebola-like symptoms…(New Mexico)
By Crystal Gutierrez, Katherine Mozzone and Gabrielle Burkhart
KRQE.com
August 17, 2014
SANTA FE (KRQE) – UNM Hospital has put a patient in isolation and the New Mexico Department of Health is calling in the Centers of Disease Control to conduct tests on that patient to make sure she does not have the Ebola virus.
Health officials are not saying the woman has Ebola, but they haven’t ruled it out yet.
Officials say the 30-year-old woman is a patient at UNM Hospital and developed a sore throat, headache, muscle aches and fever, all of which are symptoms of Ebola.
The woman recently left the country Sierra Leone in West Africa which has known cases of Ebola, and that’s what sparked concern with her symptoms, which are common cold and flu-like symptoms as well.
Officials say the was a teacher in Sierra Leone, and before she left earlier this month, she had no known exposures to Ebola.
State officials say at this time the patient is not a probable case, but out of caution they are working with the CDC to perform tests on her to rule out Ebola. State health officials are also working closely with UNM Hospital officials on the case.
According to the CDC, Ebola “poses no substantial risk to the U.S. general population.”
They also say a person infected with Ebola virus is not contagious until symptoms appear.
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