Dutch hospital RadboudUMC admits patient possibly infected with Ebola virus

Key Points:

• Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen admitted a patient on Thursday potentially infected with the Ebola virus, though the risk of infection is considered low and test results are expected on Saturday.
• The patient is being held in a specialized ward for serious infectious diseases while investigations continue into their possible connection to the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda.
• The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda has resulted in 177 suspected deaths and nearly 750 suspected infections, with the WHO declaring the risk in the DRC as "very high" and the situation in Uganda as "stable."
• Ebola symptoms can appear within 48 hours to 21 days after exposure and include fever, fatigue, muscle pain, and in severe cases, internal and external bleeding and neurological effects.
• Earlier this month, Radboudumc faced criticism for inadequate handling of blood and urine samples from a hantavirus patient, leading to 12 employees, including nurses, entering precautionary quarantine.