Brazil Isolates Two Suspected Ebola Cases as Suspected Cases in Congo Surpass 1,000

Brazil and Italy Monitor Possible Ebola Infections

Brazilian health officials said on Saturday they were monitoring two suspected Ebola infections, both travelers who recently arrived from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, the epicenter of the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak. The post Brazil and Italy Monitor Possible Ebola Infections appeared first on Breitbart.

Brazil Is Monitoring 2 Patients For Ebola

Health officials in Brazil are currently monitoring two people for possible Ebola infections. One suspected patient, a 37-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), who began exhibiting symptoms such as fever, São Paulo’s state government said. The other case is in Rio de Janeiro. These two cases are in Brazil’s two largest cities, sparking concern for the country. The test results for both patients should become availabl…

Brazil monitors patients for Ebola as travellers return from Africa

The virus is also being detected across a widening swath of the DRC’s conflict-hit east as health authorities struggle to trace exposed contacts and determine the true scale of the epidemic

Brazil isolates two suspected Ebola cases as suspected cases in Congo surpass 1,000

Brazilian health authorities isolated two patients who recently arrived from African countries after they showed symptoms consistent with Ebola, officials said Friday, although one later tested negative. The move comes as the Democratic Republic of the Congo battles an outbreak that has surpassed 1,000 suspected cases and nearly 250 deaths since May.