Nigerian Girl With Ebola Symptoms Quarantined In India

Months after Nigeria recorded success in managing the deadly
Ebola virus, fears over a new wave of epidemics occurred
February 2, Monday.
A 9-year-old Nigerian girl with symptoms associated with
Ebola, was admitted to the special Ebola quarantine unit at the
Ernakulam General Hospital, India.
By the time of arriving at the Cochin International Airport on
Monday, the child had already had cold, fever
and breathlessness. Therefore she was immediately
quarantined, Times of India reports.
Health officials at the airport confirmed the information saying
that if was the first case of a passenger arriving at their airport
from an Ebola-hit country with the dangerous signs of the
disease.
The girl was travelling together with her both parents. The
family arrived in an Emirates flight.
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The airport authorities followed the quarantine procedures
as prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and also
placed the girl’s parents under observation.
It is worth noting that in case of Ebola, the incubation period,
or the time interval from infection with the virus to onset of
symptoms, corresponds from 2 to 21 days.
The 9-year-old’s blood sample was flown to the National Centre
for Disease Control (NCDC) in New Delhi for testing.
It should be recalled that Nigeria was declared Ebola free by the
WHO on October 20, after 20 cases had been recorded in the
country, with eight of them – lethal.