EBOLA

GP Laboratory Medicine Update meeting4 December 2014Dr Lorna Willocks

Consultant in Public Health Medicine

4th December 2014

Ebola Summary as at 25 Nov

• 16,000 cases• 7,000 deaths• 120 new cases in Freetown in last week• Mali 7 cases, all died• Nigeria, Senegal cleared

Ebola and infectivity

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Likelihood of presentation at GP

• University students• Boarding schools

• Armed forces• Humanitarian healthcare workers

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Advance preparation

• Posters• Alert reception staff• Single room• PPE and know where it is

Thank you

Special thanks to Jim Cowan

Websites

• http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/travel/viralhaemorrhagicfever.aspx?subjectid=00C

• https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ebola-virus-disease-clinical-management-and-guidance