XPost: can.politics, ott.general   
   From: Panca@nyet.ca   
      
   One in Edmonton . . . 2 in Ottawa . . .    When will this country's government   
   realize that any 'quarantine' should be done at the country from which a person   
   DEPARTS, not the country in which he/she arrives.  This is utter incompetence.   
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   CBC News Posted: Oct 13, 2014   
      
   Ebola-like symptoms seen in 2 people isolated in Ottawa, Belleville   
   Both patients awaiting test results, hospitals say   
      
      
      
   Two people with Ebola-like symptoms are in isolation after showing up   
   separately at hospitals in Ottawa and Belleville, Ont.   
      
   One patient arrived at The Ottawa Hospital's General campus on Sunday and was   
   immediately placed in isolation, Ottawa Public Health confirmed to CBC News on   
   Monday.   
      
   The patient had recently visited a West African country where Ebola has been   
   reported.   
      
   Samples from the patient have been sent to the National Microbiology Lab in   
   Winnipeg for testing, and results are expected Monday evening.   
      
   The patient is "doing well" and under observation, the hospital said in a news   
   release.   
      
   The hospital received a call before the patient arrived to allow staff to   
   prepare for the arrival, and special steps are being taken at the hospital to   
   protect staff and other patients.   
      
   The person's age and gender are not being released to protect their privacy,   
   the hospital said.   
      
   "All necessary precautions are being taken to ensure the safety of other   
   patients, visitors and hospital staff," said Dr. Jonathan Angel, an infectious   
   disease specialist at the hospital, in a news release. "Strict infection   
   prevention and control measures in Ontario hospitals means the risk of Ebola to   
   other patients and health-care workers is minimal."   
   Belleville case 'extremely low risk,' public health officials say   
      
   In the other case, a male showed up at the Belleville General Hospital's   
   emergency room with Ebola-like symptoms late Sunday night.   
      
   The patient had recently made one stopover in an airport in Sierra Leone, and   
   the hospital described the case as "extremely low risk."   
      
   Within four minutes of his arrival at the Belleville hospital, he was placed in   
   isolation, and no other patients in the ER had contact with him, the hospital   
   said.   
      
   At news conference Monday afternoon, Belleville's chief medical officer of   
   health, Dr. Richard Schabas, said the patient was not in critical condition and   
   that his blood test results are expected by Tuesday morning.   
      
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