Ebola Outbreak: Two suspected cases of Ebola have been detected in Milan, Italy, the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reports. The alarm was raised. In the evening, the tests at the Sacco hospital came back negative: they had contracted the very common Shigella bacteria.
MILAN MAY 25: Two suspected cases of Ebola have been detected in Milan, Italy, the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reports. The two are said to be residents of the town of Como who returned to Italy from Uganda.
The two aid workers are from Como. The symptoms: high fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and neurological symptoms for her, mild fever and intestinal problems for him. The alarm was raised. In the evening, the tests at the Sacco hospital came back negative: they had contracted the very common Shigella bacteria.
At Milan’s Sacco Hospital, which specializes in infectious diseases, a special protocol was activated for two patients deemed at risk of Ebola. Fortunately, shortly after 8:00 PM on May 25, the test results arrived: the patients were negative for Ebola. They did, however, contract Shigella, a common type of bacteria. The alert had been raised at dawn in Lurate Caccivio and Bulgarograsso, in the Como area, for two people who had arrived in those two municipalities, both of whom had disembarked at Malpensa Airport at 5:50 AM on Sunday on a flight from Addis Ababa.
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