UPDATE: Woman with Ebola-like symptoms being tested at Perth hospital
A woman with Ebola-like symptoms is being tested for the virus at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth.
It is understood the African national in her 60s had recently visited West Africa for a conference.
She was originally in Royal Perth Hospital before being transferred overnight to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital by ambulance with two paramedics wearing protective gear.
A spokesperson for the hospital said she had been placed into an isolation ward.
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A patient is being tested for the deadly Ebola virus in a Western Australian hospital, a spokeswoman for Perth’s Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital confirmed in a statement on Tuesday.
“The hospital can confirm it has one patient who is currently being tested for Ebola and appropriate precautions are being taken until the patient’s illness is diagnosed.”
The spokeswoman said she could not give any more details about the patient for privacy reasons.
She said WA was working closely with other states and the federal government to ensure a coordinated approach to tackle the Ebola threat.
“At present, the risk of people with Ebola virus disease travelling to Australia is considered to be very low,” she said.
“Even if travellers from west Africa did develop Ebola virus disease after arrival in WA, or elsewhere in Australia, our standard of care and infection control is such that once the disease was diagnosed there would be a very low risk of transmission to other persons.”
“…our standard of care, blah, blah, blah…” that’s of course assuming the patient had no contact with anyone else during the 2-3week period where she is contagious, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA