Ebola: Nigerian Woman Suspected of Virus Faints at Job Centre in Germany, 600 People Quarantined
On Tuesday, a Nigerian woman was rushed to a hospital, after showing signs of Ebola virus at Job Center, Berlin, Germany.
As many as 600 visitors and staff at the
office were all stopped from leaving for several hours as emergency
services sealed off part of the street.
Daily Mail UK
reports that woman who fainted hails from Nigeria. She later said that
she had recently been in contact with people infected with Ebola.
Several people who had been with the
woman inside the building in the north-eastern district of Prenzlauer
Berg were all taken to the hospital for testing.
Rolf Erbe, a spokesman
for the Berlin Fire Department said that the woman came from “an area
affected by a highly contagious disease, we took these precautions.”
He added that, “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.”
The Nigerian woman is said to have
arrived the employment bureau with a high fever. Emergency services were
called after she collapsed.
All the 600 people in the centre were quarantined because they were in the victim’s vicinity before she collapsed.
Street Closed Down
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