http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-0...spital/5802280
Cairns Ebola scare: Woman under observation in hospital, Red Cross worker had been in Sierra Leone
Updated
A 57-year-old woman is under observation in Cairns Hospital in far north Queensland over fears she may have the deadly Ebola virus.
The Cairns local recently returned from Sierra Leone where she was working with the Red Cross helping to treat patients of the outbreak.
Queensland's Chief Health Office Dr Jeannette Young said the woman wore personal protective equipment at all times while in the country, and they were not breached at any stage.
The woman was overseas for one month.
Dr Young said the woman had been in home isolation, and was now in hospital isolation.
"There is no concern for the community at all. She has been in her own home, isolated there," Dr Young said.
"There is no risk for the general community in Cairns.
"The risk of her infecting someone else is very, very low."
The woman returned to Australia at the weekend and came home to Cairns on Tuesday.
"She has a low-grade fever," Dr Young said.
The woman's test results are expected to be known late tonight or early hours of Friday morning.
More to come.
