An Italian doctor who came into contact with patients infected with the Ebola virus in Congo has returned to Italy safely and has been taken into isolation at the Spallanzani hospital in Rome .
The Ministry of Health reports. The doctor, a female surgeon from Doctors Without Borders , has no symptoms: at the Spallanzani hospital, she will be under strict medical supervision and will observe the "necessary quarantine."
As part of his work at the Salamat health center (Bunia-Ituri), the surgeon came into contact on May 16 with patients who later tested positive. This was therefore a case of direct contact, the ministry noted. On May 18, the ministry said, the doctor also performed emergency lifesaving surgery on a child who had been the victim of a grenade explosion. The child is a suspected Ebola case, for which testing is not yet available.
The Ministry of Health also recalls that "there are currently no cases of Ebola in Italy," and that "the level of concern in our country is very low." The ministry, the statement continues, "has been actively involved since the very beginning with all preparedness and surveillance activities and is continuing to monitor the evolution of the epidemiological situation in coordination with the local authorities and with national and local health authorities."
(Unioneonline)
