一名在刚果民主共和国治疗埃博拉患者的英国人道主义工作者已被医疗撤离至伦敦一家专科医院进行隔离监测 1。英国卫生安全局表示该工作者目前未显示任何症状,作为预防措施被转移 1。
根据英国卫生安全局的声明,这名工作者将在传染病专家的监测下隔离观察,整个潜伏期内都需保持隔离 1。埃博拉的潜伏期为2至21天 1。
英国目前没有确诊埃博拉病例,对公众的风险仍然很低 1。此次撤离发生在刚果民主共和国和乌干达5月的疫情被世界卫生组织宣布为国际关注的突发公共卫生事件之后 1。
A British humanitarian worker who treated Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been medically evacuated to a specialized hospital in London for isolation and monitoring 1. The worker is currently showing no symptoms and was removed as a precautionary measure 1.
The individual will remain under observation by infectious disease specialists throughout the entire incubation period, which lasts between two and twenty-one days 1. The UK Health Security Agency stated that "the individual has been transferred out of an abundance of caution, and we are pleased they remain well" 1.
Britain has recorded no confirmed Ebola cases to date, and the risk to the public remains low 1. The outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in May were declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization 1.
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