Public Health England says yet another healthcare worker who may have had contact with the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone has been transferred to the Royal Free Hospital in London after returning to the UK.
Public Health England says yet another healthcare worker who may have had contact with the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone has been transferred to the Royal Free Hospital in London after returning to the UK.Public Health England (PHE) said the worker, who may have had contact with the deadly virus in Sierra Leone, does not currently have any symptoms.
After arriving back in the UK on Wednesday, the worker was transferred to the Royal Free Hospital in London for assessment and they will continue to be monitored for signs of the disease.
Professor Paul Cosford, PHE’s director for health protection, said: “The overall risk to the general public from Ebola remains very low.
“We are confident all appropriate public health actions have been, and will continue to be, taken to support this individual and to protect the public’s health.
Of course, we keep our fingers tightly crossed that all will be well for this individual.
More so, we continue to hope that these UK healthcare workers Ebola sharps incidents and similar events affecting workers from other countries stimulate much more the multifaceted work toward the prevention of sharps injuries in other healthcare situations.
We can only hope.