Australian Nurse Showing Symptoms of Ebola, Prompting Fears the Disease has Spread Further
by Nick Hallett
BreitBart.com
9 Oct 2014
There were fears today that Ebola has reached Australia after a nurse developed symptoms of the virus. Sue Ellen Kovack, who had been working with the Red Cross in Sierra Leone, one of the worst affected countries, returned to Australia on Tuesday before developing the symptoms.
The Australian reports that she has developed a fever, prompting her to contact authorities who admitted her to hospital in the city of Cairns.
Jeanette Young, Chief Health Officer for Queensland, she that she has not yet shown other symptoms, but the case was still being treated as suspected Ebola as a precautionary measure.
“This morning [Ms Kovack] rang up … because she developed a low-grade fever of 37.6C,” Dr Young said.
“We felt it important that she come into the Cairns hospital and be tested. We don’t know whether she has that [Ebola], but she’s been exposed to people with the disease while working in Sierra Leone.”
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