A man has been tested for Ebola
in Birmingham and another has
visited a UK hospital over fears
he was showing symptoms of
the deadly Ebola virus.
The checks come after the
Government’s chief scientist
warned that deadly diseases
such as Ebola are a “potentially
major threat” to Britain
following the death of an
American man who was able to
travel through an international
hub.
A man, who had travelled from
Benin in Nigeria via Paris to the
Midlands was taken to hospital
in Birmingham on Monday after
he said he felt feverish.
He was given the all clear, as
was a second man in his
twenties who went to Charing
Cross Hospital in London this
week, the Sun reported. His
symptoms were confirmed as
not being linked to the bug and
doctors ruled out the need for
an Ebola test.
The Department for Health
confirmed the Birmingham
incident. A spokesman added:
“We’re well prepared to
identifyand deal with any
potential cases, though there
has never been a case in this
country.”
The disease, which can be fatal
for up to 90 per cent of infected
victims, has already killed almost
700 people in Guinea, Liberia
and Sierra Leone.
Doctors in Britain have been put
on alert to watch out for signs
of the disease as officials said
the disease was “clearly not
under control.”
However Professor Jeremy
Farrar said we are “not in grave
danger of a global epidemic.”
“What we are in danger of is
this spreading much further
across Africa,” he told BBC Radio
4’s Today programme. “I don’t
think closing borders and
restricting travel will have much
of an impact.”
Prof Farrar said he would not
avoid travelling to the infected
countries in Africa but said he
felt there needed to be more
education about the disease so
people in these countries had
the confidence to come forward
if they had symptoms.
“I hope that at some point in
the future we will have vaccines
and drugs but these will not be
available in the very near future.
“In the short term it will be
about infection control.”
Sir Mark Walport, the
government’s Chief Scientific
Advisor, has told the Telegraph
that the increasingly
‘interconnected’ world was
placing Britons at risk.
Sheik Umar Jhan, the doctor
leading Sierra Leone’s fight
against the virus died of Ebola
on Tuesday.
Doctors in Britain have been put
on alert to watch out for signs
of the disease as officials said
the disease was “clearly not
under control.”

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