The three healthcare workers who work for Defence Command Denmark and Danish Emergency Management Agency have been examined at Aarhus University Hospital in Skejby. The employees were sent back to Denmark, because they have been in contact with an American healthcare worker infected with Ebola.
The three Danish healthcare workers are feeling well, and there is no reason to suspect that they are infected with Ebola.
None of the three workers have been in direct contact with body fluids from the American patient. Therefore, there is only a very low risk that they could be infected.
The Danish Health and Medicines Authority has been in close contact with the doctors at the Department of Infectious Diseases at Aarhus University Hospital. Based on the risk assessment made at the hospital, there is no reason to recommend quarantine.
However, for a period of 21 days the three Danish healthcare workers are asked to pay special attention to any symptoms of Ebola, such as fever. In case of any symptoms, the three Danes will be examined immediately at a department of infectious diseases, either at Aarhus University Hospital or Hvidovre Hospital.
More information
About Ebola virus disease, risk of infection and guidance on the management of suspected transmission:
Søren Brostrøm, Head of Division at DHMA, tel. +45 72 22 78 67About the hospital's management:
Professor Lars Østergaard, Aarhus University Hospital, tel. +45 51 51 31 40About the mission in Sierra Leone and the transportation to Denmark, call Defence Command Denmark's central press services, tel. +45 70 20 40 33
For information about the mission of Danish Emergency Management Agency, tel. +45 45 90 60 00 (central switchboard)