A man in Ireland who medics
suspect may have died from Ebola is understood to have come from Sierra
Leone, Sky sources have said.
The suspected victim was a father of one aged between 43 and 45 was
thought to have originally been from the Mountcharles area, outside
Donegal town, County Donegal.He was visiting his large family in Co Donegal when he was taken ill having previously been living in Dublin.
Local people said the man may have been receiving treatment for malaria when he died.
It is understood he had recently returned from Sierra Leone.
One source said he had been working in the west African country for a telecommunications company and had returned within the last couple of weeks. http://news.sky.com/story/1322708/suspected-irish-ebola-case-from-sierra-leone
...The man’s body has been isolated in the morgue of Letterkenny General Hospital.
A HSE statement said: “The appropriate national guidelines, in line with international best practice, are being followed by the public health team dealing with the situation. This means that the body of the deceased has been isolated to minimise the potential spread of any possible virus. Blood samples have been sent for laboratory testing to confirm whether or not this individual had contracted Ebola virus disease.
“Until a diagnosis is confirmed, and as a precautionary measure, the individual’s remains will stay in the mortuary pending the laboratory results which are expected late tomorrow... http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/health/ebola-probe-after-man-s-body-found-in-donegal-1-6254741
