Suspected Ebola Case in Sweden as Patient ‘Vomiting Blood’ Placed Under Quarantine

Suspected Ebola Case in Sweden as Patient ‘Vomiting Blood’ Placed Under Quarantine
A doctor holding a syringe with an experimental Ebola vaccine manufactured on the basis of an adenovirus strain, at CHUV hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Nov. 4, 2018. Richard Juilliart/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Swedish health officials have said that a male patient is suspected of having contracted the deadly Ebola virus.

The unidentified patient is currently being treated at the Infectious Diseases Clinic of Uppsala University Hospital, officials said Jan. 4, according to the Independent. The individual, who reportedly had returned recently from a three-week trip to Burundi in East Africa, is said to have been quarantined after exhibiting symptoms that included vomiting blood.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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