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    Posted: August 31 2014 at 11:49pm

Man Hospitalized in Sweden With Suspected Case of Ebola Virus

Updated Aug. 31, 2014 6:18 p.m. ET

A young man who recently had traveled in an Ebola-hit African country was placed in medical isolation in Stockholm after developing a high fever Sunday evening, local media reported.

"Yes, we have a suspected [Ebola] case, but it's not confirmed," a spokeswoman for Stockholm's County Council told The Wall Street Journal.

A communicable diseases specialist tasked with providing more detailed information about the case wasn't immediately available for comment.

Swedish media reported the unidentified man had developed high fever and stomach pains and sought medical care at a local health clinic.

At the clinic the man said he recently had been traveling in one of the West African countries affected by an outbreak of the Ebola virus. The man then was transferred to an isolation unit at the Karolinska University Hospital.

"The risk that this is an Ebola case is minimal, but we are handling this with extreme care," communicable disease specialist Ake Ortqvist told the newspaper Aftonbladet. Dr. Ortqvist added that the probability for an Ebola outbreak in Sweden is very low.

Medical staff have taken a blood sample from the patient. The sample will be tested for Ebola by Sweden's Public Health Agency. Results are expected by Monday evening.

More than 1,500 people have died from the Ebola virus in the four affected countries of Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone with more than 3,000 probable and confirmed cases of the disease, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

Suspected Ebola cases have been reported in Europe in the recent weeks. However, after examination by medical authorities the suspected cases have turned out to be false alarms.

A Spanish priest died of Ebola in a hospital in Spain in mid-August shortly after he was airlifted from Liberia to Spain for treatment.


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Swedish man showing no signs of Ebola as quarantine is lifted and more treatment centers planned

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A Swedish man being tested for Ebola shows no signs of the virus, medical officials said Monday.

The man, whose identity has not been released, was brought to a Stockholm hospital over the weekend after visiting an Ebola "risk area" and coming down with a fever.

In other uplifting news, on Saturday, celebratory singing and dancing filled the streets of the West Point slum in Liberia after the government lifted its Ebola quarantine measures. Liberia, the worst hit out of West African countries, is also planning five new Ebola treatment centers that will each hold 100 beds.

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You have a kind heart and are optimistic. I hope your optimism prevails.
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Originally posted by hachiban08 hachiban08 wrote:

In other uplifting news, on Saturday, celebratory singing and dancing filled the streets of the West Point slum in Liberia after the government lifted its Ebola quarantine measures.



Not sure what to make of that one.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote onefluover Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2014 at 8:03am
Either there's been no new cases reported in there -which is of course highly unlikely or even impossible, or, there are now so many cases outside the slum that quarantine doesn't aply anymore.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote hachiban08 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2014 at 9:58am
The article writer was a bit overly enthusiastic, though I think onefluover's answer makes sense
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From what I've been reading about the West Point quarantine, so many people had been finding a way out to work, shop, etc, it was practically useless anyway.
The last thing I want to do right now is make light of what's going on in West Africa, but when I read about the breaking of quarantine by residents bribing police and military personnel, I can't help but take a little comfort from it because I see yet another irresponsible behavior that's unlikely to translate to the West. It's absolutely mindboggling to think how adults can continue to screw things up in the midst of an outbreak of this size.
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"Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary.
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