{"id":54292,"date":"2015-02-25T10:36:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T10:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4f2673206571975a482cd8ef8ea63f9d"},"modified":"2015-02-25T10:36:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T10:36:11","slug":"press-release-new-healthcare-worker-with-potential-exposure-to-ebola-brought-to-uk-for-precautionary-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=54292","title":{"rendered":"Press release: New healthcare worker with potential exposure to Ebola brought to UK for precautionary monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Public Health England (PHE<\/abbr>) can confirm that a UK healthcare worker who has had potential contact with the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone has been transported to the UK for assessment and monitoring.<\/p>\n

The individual has not been diagnosed with Ebola, and does not currently have any symptoms. On arrival in the UK, the healthcare worker was transferred to the Royal Free Hospital for assessment. They will be monitored for any symptoms for the remainder of their incubation period, in line with standard procedures.<\/p>\n

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

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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\u2019s health. The courage shown by every volunteer, in helping those affected in West Africa and to prevent the spread of Ebola any wider, should be recognised.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Notes to Editors<\/h3>\n
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  1. The individual had a possible exposure to the virus in a frontline care setting, due to a needle stick injury breaching their personal protective equipment (PPE). The individual was brought to the UK on an EU medivac flight, arriving on Wednesday 25 February 2015. They will receive clinical assessment and will be monitored for the remainder of their incubation period, in line with Public Health England\u2019s (PHE<\/abbr>) standard procedures for returning healthcare workers who have had a PPE breach (Category 3). <\/li>\n
  2. \nPHE<\/abbr> requests 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 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.
    \nwww.gov.uk\/phe 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":"

    All appropriate public health actions taken to support individual and protect public health.<\/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\/54292"}],"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=54292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}