translated from Spanish: Hospital patient isolated for suspected ebola

health authorities in Sweden have proceeded to isolate a patient suspected that it could be ebola, a deadly virus whose outbreaks have been limited until now to Africa while There have been some cases imported from affected areas, according to local media reports. The patient had come to the emergency room of the hospital in Enkopig where, suspecting that what could have ebola, was his transfer to the University Hospital in Uppsala, where it remains isolated, according to the newspaper ‘Aftonbladet’ have been. On the other hand, health authorities in Upsala has been closed as a precaution the Enkopig hospital emergency room so patients are being derived to health centres or to the University hospital. According to the regional Government of Upsala has pointed out in his statement, expected that the results of the analysis be known tonight. The director of health in the region of Upsala, Mikael Koehler, told a local website that when he arrived this morning to the hospital the patient had “blood vomiting, which can be a symptom of ebola”. Koehler has pointed out that the patient returned three weeks from a trip to Burundi “but, for all we know, must not have visited areas where there is an active infection of ebola.” There is currently an active outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the second largest in the history of the virus, which already let 370 dead and more than 600 cases. Although DRC bordering Burundi, the epicentre of the current outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri area, not nice with this country. The regional manager has pointed out that the patient is in the unit of Upsala Hospital infections and is being attended by specialized personnel and has protective equipment to prevent possible infection.

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