Austria Isolates Uganda Returnee After 1st Ebola Test Turns Negative

8 articles · Updated · Express · May 28

A first blood test on the isolated Austria patient came back negative, but doctors require a second sample before ruling out Ebola after the person fell ill soon after returning from Uganda.
Austria has started contact tracing and is keeping the patient in isolation, reflecting concern that the newly identified Bundibugyo strain in Uganda could have reached Europe.
Uganda tightened its border on Wednesday to essential crossings only, while the United States, Canada and the Bahamas have already imposed entry bans or quarantine rules tied to the outbreak.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is crippling containment efforts in Ituri, where about 1,000 people are showing Ebola-like symptoms.

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