First suspected case of Ebola in Romania

a reply to: AutumnWitch657
North Carolina. Last week or last weekend sometime.

I never saw it. I'll Google it right now. Thanks. That's not far from me. I'm as far south in Virginia as I can be and I can spit over to north Carolina. a reply to: kosmicjack

Ok no. No cases in Charlotte North Carolina. Nancy Writebol who is quarantined in Emory University hospital in Atlanta Georgia along with Dr Brantley is from Charlotte North Carolina. These are the two who were evacuated out of Liberia late last week. North Carolina is safe. At least as far as I can tell. Google didn't return any stories of Ebola in north Carolina

a reply to: AutumnWitch657
I didn't say that.

I said a patient was feared to have it and was cleared.

www.charlotteobserver.com...

Not even sure they ran a test.

a reply to: kosmicjack

Since you are also discussing North Carolina...I am cross posting this as an fyi.

originally posted by: DancedWithWolves
And so it begins...ordered quarantine.

Ebola quarantine ordered for relief workers returning to North Carolina

Health officials in North Carolina said on Sunday they will require missionaries and others coming home after working with people infected with Ebola in Africa to be placed in quarantine.

The quarantine is set to last for three weeks from the last exposure to someone infected in the West African Ebola outbreak, which is centred in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, the officials said.

Missionaries from the North Carolina-based Christian aid groups SIM USA and Samaritan’s Purse have been working to help combat the world’s worst outbreak of the disease. Two of the relief workers, Dr Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, contracted the disease and are being cared for at Emory University hospital in Georgia.

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What now happens to anyone and everyone returning to home countries/ states from infected areas? International flights from countries with confirmed cases?

No apparently after interviewing the patient the CDC eliminated the need for testing. I thought you said the test came back in hours or something like that. I expect we're going to keep seeing these kinds of stories as long as the scare level is high. The other patient mentioned in the story as being treated in Liberia is Nancy Writebol of Charlotte who is in Atlanta now. Another reason the red flag was raised. It reply to: kosmicjack

Yes well that is the smart thing to do. Precautionary measures that's all. The article did emphasize that there are no cases of Ebola in north Carolina. a reply to: DancedWithWolves

a reply to: AutumnWitch657

That's how it was reported by newscasts in real time. As though he was tested and cleared. He was tested, just not for Ebola, but for Malaria ..but that wasn't stipulated then.

The point of my original post being, the "testing" is creating confusion. We were orinally told travelers were being tested at the airports, turns out they really only meant screenings. Intrptr has further explained some of the testing confusion in his post. Coupled with the long incubation period and international travel, it has people concerned and confused...even as far away as Romania which, as the OP indicates, which has no direct flights from the affected areas.

Now, let's please not derail the OP's thread further.

Yeah the comments following the story said as much. The story was changing as time went on. Derailed? It's about Ebola . ??????a reply to: kosmicjack

Apologies, info already posted

Update: Mr Cercel, head of the Matei Bals Hospital for Infectious Diseases, held a press conference today. He said it's malaria, and combined with some undisclosed preexistent medical condition, it simply cancels any chance for Ebola. They will not even bother to send samples for Ebola testing in Hamburg, "it is not needed".

Sometimes I don't understand , if I had Ebola or id suspect I have it , id just shoot my self , cause I don't want anyone to get sick.

If you suspected you had it. Don't talk nonsense. You could recover. d reply to: JustKoz

Quick update: The hospital manager said the patient is in a severe condition. He risks developing a complication of malaria, complication meaning it might affect his lungs.
Nope, not going to send blood samples to Germany for an Ebola test. "It's not necessary".