All clear in Berlin Patient has no Ebola

All clear: South Korean patient in Berlin has no Ebola

01/20/2015

Breath of relief in Berlin: The South Korean helper, who has been examined for days in the Charité, has not been infected with Ebola. It was reported that no Ebola symptoms had occurred within the incubation period of 21 days.

Ebola suspicion has proved unfounded
According to a report by the AFP news agency, the Ebola suspicion has proved to be unfounded in a South Korean helper investigated in the Berlin Charité, according to the clinic. The hospital reported Monday that no symptoms had occurred within the incubation period of 21 days. Therefore, the patient was released during the day. „All virological and laboratory investigations did not indicate an Ebola virus infection“, it was said by the clinic.

Patient was on relief assignment in Sierra Leone
According to the information, the patient belonged to a South Korean team that was for a relief mission in Sierra Leone. There he had injured himself on a needle. No information was given on the gender and age of the patient who had been flown to Berlin on a special plane. He was taken to the special isolation ward of the Charité in the Virchow-Klinikum on 3 January. As reported at the time, the World Health Organization (WHO) considered the case as urgent. In addition, it was said that the WHO takes over the costs for the patient. (Ad)

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