Ontario health officials say a patient is being assessed in hospital for possible infectious diseases, including Ebola virus, following recent travel to East Africa.
In a statement sent to Global News, a spokesperson for the Ontario Ministry of Health said testing is being conducted “out of an abundance of caution” and in line with established clinical protocols.
Officials emphasized that all appropriate infection prevention and control measures have been implemented. “There are currently no confirmed cases of Ebola in Ontario,” the statement said.
On Wednesday, the WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there are several factors that “warrant serious concern about the potential for further spread and further deaths.”
“Beyond the confirmed Ebola cases, there are almost 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected deaths. We expect those numbers to keep increasing, given the amount of time the virus was circulating before the outbreak was detected,” he said.
He said 51 cases have been confirmed in Congo’s northern provinces of Ituri and North Kivu, “although we know the scale of the epidemic is much larger.”
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The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by a rare virus in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday.
Public health authorities stress that Ebola does not spread easily and that strict hospital protocols are designed to prevent transmission while investigations are underway.
–with files from Katie Scott
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Why is this news?? Liberal deflection at work
Ebolas up EH !!! Good job Carney keep the borders open to those countries that have ebola infections. What a waste of space that guy is.
So, hantavirus fear didn’t work now its Ebola. Sick of the fear mongering in this damned country!
Why is anyone allowed into Canada if they’re coming directly or indirectly from a country with Ebola? Seems like a simple solution for anyone in the gov’t with common sense, or is that asking too much?
The “hunt”avirus (a new hunt for cash?) hysteria isn’t working, let’s try ebola then, said every big pharma CEO…..
Oh oh. Double lockdown. Ebola and hantavirus…
WHY are people being allowed to FlY into Canada from the affected countries. SUCH STUPIDITY!!!!!!
THE WHO DIRECTOR GENERAL SAID THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT WARRANT CONCERN.,..,.THERE IS ONLY ONE….GOVERNMENT….THEY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY ARE DOING!!!!!!!
Of course ! Canada would .and will be first hit with abola and any other deaseas because all the millions of immigrants ariving day and night .thanks assholes !!