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Ebola, alarm cleared for two suspected cases at the Fatebenefratelli Hospital. Bertolaso’s anger: “Alarmism was to be avoided.”
Virological tests performed at the Sacco Hospital reference laboratory in Milan came back negative. This was communicated yesterday evening by the Regional Welfare Councilor, Guido Bertolaso, with regard to the two suspected cases, reported in the early hours of the day and hospitalized with symptoms compatible with Ebola virus infection. The patients, a 31-year-old and a 33-year-old, tested negative for Ebola, as well as for malaria and the main respiratory viruses currently monitored.
The two, along with another five compatriots, were part of an international cooperative group recently returned to Italy after having “provided assistance in Uganda for approximately three months,” Bertolaso explained, and “during the night they had manifested symptoms such as high fever, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea with a slight neurological component.” Yesterday evening, the sigh of relief.
“The clinical condition of the two subjects remains under observation. In light of the initial diagnostic results – Bertolaso continued – one of the hypotheses currently considered is an infection of bacterial origin affecting the gastrointestinal tract.” However, the councilor pointed out the leak of information, which had created alarm: “If this morning the correct timelines and procedures had been respected – the councilor concluded – an unwarranted media alarm could have been avoided, which has resulted in a considerable deployment of resources and operational activities.”
Pregliasco: “Thanks to Covid, we are now better prepared”
According to virologist Fabrizio Pregliasco, the activation of “health monitoring towards some subjects returning from Uganda demonstrates how the Italian infectious disease preparedness system is today particularly attentive to international scenarios.”
“At this moment, global attention is focused on the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a context that requires strengthened surveillance, especially for travelers coming from affected or neighboring areas,” says the virologist.
“Today we have a national network much more prepared than in the past, thanks to the experience gained during the Covid-19 pandemic and the continuous coordination systems between the Ministry of Health, the Superior Institute of Health, the Regions and reference centers such as Sacco and Spallanzani. The situation is constantly monitored at the European level through the Health Security Committee of the EU Commission.”
“Therefore, it is correct to maintain high vigilance, but without creating alarm: at the current level, the risk to the Italian population remains very low and the healthcare system is fully operational to identify and manage suspected cases promptly,” Pregliasco emphasizes. The risk for our country, reassure officials, “remains very low.”
Ebola, alarm over in two suspected cases at Sacco. Bertolaso’s anger: “Alarmism was to be avoided”
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