Ebola virus disease

The male patient from Ploiesti admitted to the "Matei Bals" National Institute in Bucharest on Sunday was diagnosed with malaria, the institute's manager Adrian Streinu Cercel told a press conference on Monday.

Streinu Cercel said the patient was transferred to the Victor Babes Hospital, the tropical disease unit.

The Romanian embassies in West Africa have received no requests for assistance for the repatriation of Romanian citizens and were neither informed about possible cases of Romanian citizens infected with the Ebola virus in the West African states, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) announced on Sunday in a release sent to AGERPRES.

The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak an international public health emergency – its highest-level alert possible, Friday.

"The possible consequences of further international spread are particularly serious in view of the virulence of the virus," the UN health agency said in a statement, following a two day meeting in their headquarters in Geneva.

With ebola spreading across West Africa, the parallels between the modern affliction and the plague of the Middle Ages is unavoidable.

A Greek man who was suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus has tested positive for malaria, health authorities said Friday.

West Africa’s Ebola epidemic is an “extraordinary event” and now constitutes an international health risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Aug. 8.

Low risk of Ebola outbreak - epidemiologist

BELGRADE -- Epidemiologist Bojana Grgić said on Friday that the risk of appearance of the Ebola virus in Serbia was low.

US President Barack Obama said Wednesday it was too soon to send experimental drugs for the treatment of Ebola to West Africa, which has been hardest hit by the deadly outbreak.
      

Greeks have been advised not to travel to West Africa unless absolutely necessary following an Ebola outbreak in the area.

Patient Isolated Under Suspicion of Having Ebola

On the Infectious disease clinic in Belgrade, the very first patient was admitted under suspicion of having Ebola virus. Nevertheless, after further analysis, it was confirmed that the patient only has pneumonia.