Mother and son are put under medical supervision after the
woman developed a fever and vomiting on the journey to
Istanbul
ISTANBUL
A woman showing symptoms of the Ebola virus has been
put under segregation after arriving at Istanbul’s Ataturk
International Airport.
The Nigerian woman and her four-year-old son were on a
Turkish Airlines flight from Lagos in Nigeria to Istanbul
on Tuesday when the mother, named as 32-year-old
Stella Omorowa by the airline, told the cabin crew she
was feeling unwell.
Both mother and son were transferred to a nearby
hospital after the mother showed symptoms of fever and
vomiting.
They arrived in Istanbul to catch a connecting flight to
Barcelona, Spain.
Ebola, a contagious disease for which there is no definite
treatment or cure, has been responsible for more than
1,000 deaths in West Africa since and the latest
outbreak in February. The virus has been largely confined
to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone except two deaths in
Nigeria and a health worker who died in Spain on
Tuesday.
In a statement, the Turkish Health Ministry said the
passengers were taken under supervision as a precaution,
adding that it was too early to say if they have the virus.
“Since they are coming from an Ebola-affected country,
Nigeria, the Health Ministry is taking every possibility
into account,” the statement said.
Last week, Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu
said Turkey does not face any risk from Ebola. He told
reporters that Turkey had taken measures against any
possible outbreak but did not give any details of the
precautions.
The tropical fever, which first appeared in 1976 in Sudan
and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, can be
transmitted to humans from wild animals and also spreads
through contact with the body fluids of an infected
person.
Doctors say common symptoms of Ebola include high
fever and headaches, followed by vomiting and internal and
external bleeding.

Source: http://www.aa.com.tr/en/rss/372427--suspected-ebola-case-at-istanbul-airport

Ebola everywhere.


Even nokia sef dey fear. Front page please