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Health Official Reveals Presence of Possible Ebola Case in Canada

by Kathy Jones on Mar 25 2014 6:30 PM

Health Official Reveals Presence of Possible Ebola Case in Canada

A health official has revealed that a person returning to Canada from western Africa has been hospitalized after displaying symptoms consistent with those of the Ebola virus.

"All we know at this point is that we have a person who is critically ill who travelled from a country where these diseases occur," Denise Werker, joint director of health in Saskatchewan province in western Canada, told reporters.

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