A suspected Ebola patient has been admitted to the U.C. Davis Medical Center in Sacremento, California. The patient's age and gender have not been released.
A spokesperson for the hospital told SFGate the patient is displaying symptoms "consistent with Ebola infection" and was previously at the Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento. The new medical facility the patient was transferred to is considered a "priority hospital" which is "fully prepared to safely access and treat the patient," according to the spokesperson who spoke with SFGate. The hospital will continue to operate as usual while treating the patient.
Several days are required to determine if the patient does or does not have Ebola. The disease, transmitted through bodily fluids, has killed thousands in West Africa.
The United States has had only a handful of cases, several of which were people flying from West Africa into the U.S. and displaying symptoms upon arrival. Thomas Eric Duncan, who traveled from Liberia to Texas, died of Ebola in October and Dr. Martin Salia, transported from Sierra Leone to Nebraska for treatment, died in mid-November.
Others who contracted the disease survived in America, which has set up a number of emergency treatment centers.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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