KARACHI-
A suspected patient of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was quarantined on Monday in Karachi’s Jinnah Hospital, private media reported,
The patient is reported to have recently arrived from Liberia, Africa.
According to provincial health authorities, blood samples have been obtained from the isolated patient to test for EVD.
Last week, a man was initially suspected of dying of EVD. However, World Health Organization later clarified that he was not suffering from the deadly disease but had died of Hepatitis C and Dengue fever.
Ebola virus causes an acute, serious illness which is often fatal if untreated.
According to WHO, Ebola virus disease (EVD) first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, one in Nzara, Sudan, and the other in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The latter occurred in a village near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name.
Ebola epidemic started from Africa and is fast spreading. According to estimates compiled by the World Health Organization, nearly 7,000 people have died from Ebola in west Africa while a total of 16,169 people were infected.
The most severely-hit countries include Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
