2 Nigerian passengers put under medical supervision on Ebola suspicion
Two Nigerian passengers from a Turkish Airlines (THY) flight traveling from Lagos, Nigeria, to İstanbul on Tuesday morning have been put under medical supervision on suspicions that they have the Ebola virus.
According to media reports, a female passenger and her child were put under medical supervision after they showed symptoms of fever and vomiting at İstanbul Atatürk Airport. The passengers were escorted off the plane by medical teams from the Directorate General of Health for Border and Coastal Areas and were transferred to a nearby hospital via ambulance. The medical teams suspect that the two passengers are carrying the Ebola virus.
The Ebola outbreak was first reported in February in Guinea, followed by its appearance in Liberia and Sierra Leone. More than 900 people have died, with the death toll rising daily. With the deaths in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria, the total number of deaths has reached 826 out of the 1,440 incidents of infection since June 30, according to the latest data issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), which recently declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be an international public health emergency that requires an extraordinary response to stop its spread.
Ebola has a fatality rate of up to 90 percent, and there is no vaccine or known cure. The virus initially causes fever, headaches, muscle pain, headaches, sore throats, conjunctivitis and a general feeling of weakness, before moving into more severe phases of vomiting, diarrhea and hemorrhages and impaired kidney and liver function, with the final stages resulting in internal and external bleeding. Ebola is thought to only be transmitted when patients are displaying severe symptoms.
According to media reports, a female passenger and her child were put under medical supervision after they showed symptoms of fever and vomiting at İstanbul Atatürk Airport. The passengers were escorted off the plane by medical teams from the Directorate General of Health for Border and Coastal Areas and were transferred to a nearby hospital via ambulance. The medical teams suspect that the two passengers are carrying the Ebola virus.
The Ebola outbreak was first reported in February in Guinea, followed by its appearance in Liberia and Sierra Leone. More than 900 people have died, with the death toll rising daily. With the deaths in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria, the total number of deaths has reached 826 out of the 1,440 incidents of infection since June 30, according to the latest data issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), which recently declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be an international public health emergency that requires an extraordinary response to stop its spread.
Ebola has a fatality rate of up to 90 percent, and there is no vaccine or known cure. The virus initially causes fever, headaches, muscle pain, headaches, sore throats, conjunctivitis and a general feeling of weakness, before moving into more severe phases of vomiting, diarrhea and hemorrhages and impaired kidney and liver function, with the final stages resulting in internal and external bleeding. Ebola is thought to only be transmitted when patients are displaying severe symptoms.
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