Turkey: six people in hospitals "with an Ebola suspicion"

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Two patients showing Ebola-like symptoms prompt concern in Kocaeli

Two patients suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus have been referred to a hospital in the Derince district of Kocaeli, prompting concerns and the implementation of strict health safety measures.
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Both will be transferred, quarantined and placed into special rooms. Then blood tests will be taken in order to determine if the Ebola virus is the cause for their symptoms.
No information has been provided yet on whether the patients had come from an African country, some of which are currently under threat of the Ebola virus.
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Re: Turkey - Two patients showing Ebola-like symptoms prompt concern in Kocaeli

More people hospitalized in Turkey, suspected having Ebola

http://en.trend.az/world/turkey/2324647.html

Three people suspected Ebola were hospitalized in the Turkish provinces of Izmir, Kahraman Marash and Konya, the Anadolu Turkish news agency said Oct.22.

One of the hospitalized is a Turkish student who studies in Somalia and returned to his homeland, and the rest returned from the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

Thus, the number of hospitalized suspected Ebola in Turkey reached five people, four of whom are persons returned from the Hajj.
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Nothing to indicate contacts from countries with widespread cases of ebola.

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Re: Turkey - Two patients showing Ebola-like symptoms prompt concern in Kocaeli

University student suspected of having Ebola quarantined in İzmir

October 22, 2014, Wednesday/ 12:31:49/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM / ISTANBUL

A university student, H.?., was quarantined after arriving at a hospital in the western province of İzmir on Tuesday when medical personnel learned he had visited Somalia one month ago, causing them to suspect he could possibly be carrying the deadly Ebola virus.

The 20-year-old Dokuz Eyl?l University student was taken to the university's medical faculty hospital because he running a high fever and vomiting.

Once medical personnel also learned that the student had been in Somalia about one month ago, they immediately quarantined him. H.?. was then transferred to Tepecik Education and Research Hospital, where he is still under quarantine.
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http://www.todayszaman.com/national_university-student-suspected-of-having-ebola-quarantined-in-izmir_362309.html

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Turkey: Six people in hospitals "with an Ebola suspicion"

"A Turkish citizen who returned from the hajj has been today admitted to a hospital in Istanbul with an Ebola suspicion.

Thus, the number of those admitted to hospitals in Turkey with an Ebola suspicion reached to six people. Five of them are the hajj pilgrims, and one is a Turkish student studying in Somalia."

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