Ebola scare in Israel: special procedure activated in Galilee

At the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, arrived at noon on Saturday, an Israeli citizen who was feeling unwell and said he had recently arrived from Africa. The emergency room medical staff decided to run an Ebola procedure. After extensive investigation by a team of emergency and Infectious Diseases Unit, it was decided that the patient does not fit the criteria for determining the disease.

Hospital management informed the relevant parties at the Ministry of Health.

Last month, a health worker in Nigeria was admitted to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem following the concern that she contracted the Ebola virus. Shaare Zedek also decided not to take risks, due to the fact that the woman came from a country where the virus is relatively common, and decided to put her in solitary confinement in a pressure chamber. At the end of tests it was revealed that she was not infected with the virus.

On Friday, the first such drill in dealing with the Ebola epidemic, particularly a case in which Ebola patients will be flying to Israel, was held at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. The drill, which was attended by members of the Airport Authority, MDA, Ministry of Health, Population and police director, practiced among other things, questioning, treatment and transportation of patients.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a discussion on the risk of Ebola virus

WHO update that 9216 people were infected with the Ebola virus to date. The death toll rose to -4546.

List of affected countries: Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Senegal is out of the list.

President Barack Obama appointed Ron Klein, who was chief of staff of Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore, to a special czar "to manage the campaign against Ebola virus in the country".

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