In Europe and Africa, steps to curb Ebola range from isolation to a ‘police state’
Ebola has killed nearly 4,000 people in West Africa since March. In Europe, while there has only been one confirmed case of the disease being contracted on European soil, governments are taking more proactive steps to monitor people with signs of the disease.
By Kenneth Kaplan
CSMonitor.com
October 10, 2014
Reacting with extreme caution amid skyrocketing fears over the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, European nations Friday were monitoring dozens more people for signs of the disease after placing them in isolation.
Ebola has killed nearly 4,000 people in West Africa since March. In Europe, there has only been one confirmed case of the disease being contracted on European soil. However, how a Spanish nurse got Ebola while working in a secure facility has led to finger-pointing and blame in Madrid, raising concerns that other European nations could see similar cases without strict precautions.
In Macedonia, 35 people have been placed in isolation. Authorities are awaiting lab test results of blood and tissue samples that were sent to Frankfurt, Germany, for analysis after being taken from a Briton who died Thursday within hours of going to a hospital in Skopje, Reuters reports.
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