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Ebola in US: Connecticut hospital is evaluating patient with symptoms of the virus | |
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A hospital in Connecticut is evaluating a patient displaying “Ebola-like symptoms", US health officials have confirmed. | A hospital in Connecticut is evaluating a patient displaying “Ebola-like symptoms", US health officials have confirmed. |
The patient was admitted to the Yale-New Haven Hospital on Wednesday evening for evaluation and placed in isolation, a spokesperson for the hospital said. | The patient was admitted to the Yale-New Haven Hospital on Wednesday evening for evaluation and placed in isolation, a spokesperson for the hospital said. |
“We have not confirmed or ruled-out any diagnosis at this point,” the spokesperson said in a statement. | “We have not confirmed or ruled-out any diagnosis at this point,” the spokesperson said in a statement. |
"We are working in cooperation with City, State and Federal health officials. There is no further information available at this time.” | "We are working in cooperation with City, State and Federal health officials. There is no further information available at this time.” |
President Barack Obama had been due to attend a trip to Connecticut just hours before, but cancelled the event in order to meet with his advisors in the White House. | President Barack Obama had been due to attend a trip to Connecticut just hours before, but cancelled the event in order to meet with his advisors in the White House. |
Mr Obama's meeting is to discuss the Ebola crisis after two health care workers contracted Ebola in Texas. | Mr Obama's meeting is to discuss the Ebola crisis after two health care workers contracted Ebola in Texas. |
The suspected case in Connecticut comes as Madrid airport officials placed a passenger in isolation who complained of feeling unwell on an Air France flight. | The suspected case in Connecticut comes as Madrid airport officials placed a passenger in isolation who complained of feeling unwell on an Air France flight. |
The passenger, who had travelled from Lagos, Nigeria, was taken by ambulance to an unspecified hospital in Madrid and placed in isolation. | The passenger, who had travelled from Lagos, Nigeria, was taken by ambulance to an unspecified hospital in Madrid and placed in isolation. |
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