{"id":54169,"date":"2015-02-20T20:57:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T20:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f62a4cf6d1ee86de67d0a13768b5df57"},"modified":"2015-02-20T20:57:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T20:57:00","slug":"press-release-another-ebola-healthcare-worker-back-in-uk-for-precautionary-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=54169","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Another Ebola healthcare worker brought to UK for precautionary monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Public Health England (PHE<\/abbr>) can confirm as a highly precautionary measure, an Australian healthcare worker who had potential contact with the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone, has been transported to the UK for assessment and monitoring.<\/p>\n

This individual has not been diagnosed with Ebola, does not have any symptoms of Ebola and their risk of developing Ebola remains low. They will be initially assessed in hospital and followed up as appropriate.<\/p>\n

Professor Paul Cosford, PHE<\/abbr>\u2019s director for health protection and medical director, said: <\/p>\n

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We are confident that all appropriate public health actions are being taken to support this individual and to protect the public\u2019s health. The overall risk to the general public from Ebola remains very low. By volunteering this individual took a courageous decision to help those affected in West Africa, and to prevent the spread of Ebola.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Further information<\/h2>\n
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  1. The individual had a possible low risk exposure to the virus while working at an Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone. The individual was being brought to the UK on a private medivac flight on Friday 20 February 2015. On arrival they will receive a clinical assessment and will be monitored for the remainder of their 21 day incubation period in appropriate private accommodation, in line with PHE<\/abbr>\u2019s standard procedures for returning healthcare workers (Category 3). This means they will be required to self-monitor and record temperature and symptoms twice daily, and report to a designated person by telephone daily. <\/li>\n
  2. \nPHE<\/abbr> request the individual\u2019s rights to privacy continue to be respected. No further information will be provided by PHE<\/abbr> and no further updates are planned at this time.<\/li>\n
  3. \nPHE<\/abbr> is responsible for monitoring the health of individuals returning to the UK from Ebola affected countries. The purpose of PHE<\/abbr>\u2019s returning worker scheme<\/a> is to enable a consistent follow-up of workers on their return to the UK, to protect their health and that of the wider public. It operates in parallel to the screening arrangements that are in place for all travellers both on exit from the affected countries and on entry at key ports in the UK. <\/li>\n
  4. \nPHE<\/abbr> exists to protect and improve the nation\u2019s health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities. It does this through advocacy, partnerships, world-class science, knowledge and intelligence, and the delivery of specialist public health services. PHE<\/abbr> is an operationally autonomous executive agency of the Department of Health. www.gov.uk\/phe<\/a> Follow us on Twitter @PHE_uk <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    \nPHE<\/abbr> Press Office, infections<\/h3>\n
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    \n61 Colindale Avenue<\/span>
    London<\/span>
    NW9 5EQ<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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    \n Email<\/span>
    \n     infections-pressoffice@phe.gov.uk <\/a>\n <\/p>\n

    \n Telephone:<\/span>
    \n 020 8327 7901\n <\/p>\n

    \n Out of hours:<\/span>
    \n 020 8200 4400\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    An Australian healthcare worker is being assessed and monitored in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54208,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54169\/revisions\/54208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}