January 20, 2015

New Ebola scare in US: Health worker returning from Sierra Leone Vomits on the United Plane

Report says a health care worker returning from Sierra Leone has sparked a new Ebola scare in the US after she  vomited causing the United Airlines flight to pull off in Newark and rushed to the hospital on Monday.
 
The woman, whose name has not been released, reportedly vomited aboard United flight 45 from Brussels and suffered from a high fever  both early signs of the deadly disease.  Passengers were given health forms to fill out and told the contact health officials if they experienced any symptoms of the virus.

She is currently at Hackensack University Medical Center, undergoing tests for Ebola but doctors said she no longer had a fever when she arrived at the hospital and is no longer showing signs of infection. 

 

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