KZN man not likely to be infected with Ebola
NCID has not received any samples for testing of alleged Ebola case.
THE National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on its website that the man believed to have been admitted to Addington Hospital with Ebola was not tested for the dreaded disease and had no risk of exposure.
Fear and rumour spread through social media yesterday that a man, who had come to South Africa from a north African country, had contracted the virus. According to the NICD website, the man is a fleet manager for a company in Sierra Leone and had no risk of exposure.
“The KwaZulu-Natal man was never admitted or tested at Addington Hospital for Ebola. He did not fit the case definition for Ebola Virus Disease. He complained of a fever and was referred to Addington hospital. He then decided he wasn’t feeling sick after all – was just worried and wanted to have an Ebola test done, just to be sure. No test was done eventually and the man was not admitted to Addington Hospital.”
No specimens were sent to the NICD for testing for Ebola.
