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Airport staff tonight told of their fears of an Ebola outbreak after a passenger from Sierra Leone collapsed and died as she got off a plane at Gatwick.
Workers said they were terrified the virus could spread globally through the busy international hub from the West African country which is in the grip of the deadly epidemic.
The woman, said to be 72, became ill on the gangway after she left a Gambia Bird jet with 128 passengers on board. She died in hospital.
What do we make of this then?
edit on 3-8-2014 by mr-lizard because: (no reason given)edit on 3-8-2014 by mr-lizard because: (no reason given)
originally posted by: bellagirl
Department of Health: elderly woman who died shortly after arriving at Gatwick Airport from West Africa has tested negative for #Ebola virus
would they be telling us the truth ?????????????????????
originally posted by: mr-lizard
Is this scaremongering or just misreporting??
At around 11pm on Sunday, the Department of Health said that tests for the deadly Ebola virus on the woman who died at Gatwick had proved negative.
www.mirror.co.uk...
originally posted by: VegHead
I am curious to know how ill she appeared at the time of boarding or while in flight... if she died shortly after getting off the plane, it is very concerning that it doesn't sound like special precautions were taken. (Even if this wasn't Ebola...)
originally posted by: rickymouse
There could be a lot of conditions that could cause that to happen. There was no testing done yet and that should be done to find out if she did have it. Keeping the workers quarantined might not be a bad idea to lessen the chances of spreading whatever she has. It shouldn't take long to do a test for Ebola, maybe a day or two.
Edit, I see someone did post that it probably wasn't Ebola. Seems a little too quick to me.
originally posted by: Destinyone
But, it's good to put out info when found to remind people, this is real.
originally posted by: Benevolent Heretic
originally posted by: VegHead
I am curious to know how ill she appeared at the time of boarding or while in flight... if she died shortly after getting off the plane, it is very concerning that it doesn't sound like special precautions were taken. (Even if this wasn't Ebola...)
She showed no signs of illness in flight. It's in the article. She probably had a heart attack or something.
The woman, said to be 72, became ill on the gangway after she left a Gambia Bird jet with 128 passengers on board. She died in hospital on Saturday.
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Speaking of the horrific moment the passenger collapsed, the shocked staff member added: “The woman was sweating buckets and vomiting.
“Paramedics arrived to try and help her. The next thing everybody was there… emergency crews, airfield operations, even immigration.
“They closed down the jet bridge and put the aircraft into quarantine.
“They took everyone’s details, even the guy who fuels the aircraft.”
The plane carrying the woman came from Freetown in Sierra Leone – a country with the highest number of victims from the disease.
It stopped at Banjul in The Gambia before landing in Gatwick at 8.15am on Saturday after a five-hour flight.
Public Health England tried to allay fears of an Ebola breakout in Britain.
It said the woman showed no symptoms during the flight.
Link.