A Nigerian woman showing symptoms of Ebola Virus Disease
caused a scare after she fainted at a crowded jobcentre in Berlin, Germany on
Tuesday.
She was immediately rushed in an ambulance to the Charite
Hospital but about 600 visitors and officials of the job centre were
quarantined by emergency service officials who sealed off part of the street in
Prenzlauer Berg district where the centre is located.
Several who came into contact with her were later taken to
the hospital for testing while those quarantined were allowed to go after
several hours.
The Mailonline quoted a mass-circulation German daily, Bild,
as reporting that the woman later claimed that she recently came
into contact with people infected with
Ebola.
Berlin fire department spokesman, Rolf Erbe, said that
because the patient came from “an area affected by a highly contagious disease,
we took these precautions.”
He said the testing in the hospital would take some time.
“The patient was isolated inside the ambulance, the staff
took the appropriate protective measures. An emergency medic, the public health
officer, arrived and the necessary precautions were taken,” Erbe added.
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