Written By: Shraddha Rupavate | Published : September 2, 2014 11:04 AM IST
Alip Das, a 26-year-old man who returned from Liberia, is suspected to have contracted the deadly disease. He has been admitted to the Raiganj District Hospital in West Bengal for testing.
The suspect is a resident of a resident of Sikarpur village of the North Dinajpur district. He was among the six people in the state who recently returned from Liberia, one of the worst Ebola-hit countries in West Africa. He was admitted to the hospital for high fever, one the classical symptoms of Ebola virus disease. North Dinanjpur Chief Medical Officer Health (CMOH) D Mondal said has confirmed that Mr Das has been tested positive for malaria and is currently receiving treatment for the same. However, to rule out slightest possibility his blood samples have been sent for Ebola testing in Pune laboratory.
Meanwhile, Delhi airport quarantined six people at high-risk suspected with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) on Monday admitted to their facility. Health officials at airport are monitoring the situation very closely. During the last 24 hours, about 181 passengers from the affected West African countries have landed at the airports of Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Kochi, Trivandrum, Hyderabad and Kolkata. (Read: Ebola in India: Has the virus come to Delhi?)
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With inputs from PTI
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